Where does “maakoma” come from?

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

maakoma (Ingrian): clod of earth

Definitions

  1. clod of earth

Ancestry of “maakoma”, step by step

maakoma 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 koma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankomahunk
2Russianкомlump, clod; prepositional of кто; genitive plural...
3Proto-Slavic*komъclod East Slavic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →