Where does “emämaa” come from?

emämaa (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

emämaa (Ingrian): bedrock

Definitions

  1. bedrock

Ancestry of “emämaa”, step by step

emämaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian maa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmaaearth; soil; land
2Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
3Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Ingrian emä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianemämother

Words derived from “emämaa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →