Where does “maailma” come from?

maailma (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finno-Ugric *maailma, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

maailma (Ingrian): world

Definitions

  1. world

Ancestry of “maailma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugric*maailma—
2FinnishIlmaair
3Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
4Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

Words derived from “maailma”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ri →