Where does “maanlehti” come from?

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

maanlehti (Ingrian): greater plantain

Definitions

  1. greater plantain

Ancestry of “maanlehti”, step by step

maanlehti 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 lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlehtileaf
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →