Where does “maamunamerta” come from?

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

maamunamerta (Ingrian): basket for potatoes

Definitions

  1. basket for potatoes

Ancestry of “maamunamerta”, step by step

maamunamerta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian maamuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmaamunapotato
2Ingrianmaaearth; soil; land
3Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
4Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Ingrian merta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmertabasket
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂sEvery word from Proto-Uralic mëxeEvery word from Proto-Finnic maa