Where does “kylvömaa” come from?

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

kylvömaa (Ingrian): land used for sowing

Definitions

  1. land used for sowing

Ancestry of “kylvömaa”, step by step

kylvömaa 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 Finnish kylvö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylvösowing, planting
2Finnishkylvääto sow
3Proto-Finnickülvädäkto sow, to disperse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →