Where does “maanpäälys” come from?

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

maanpäälys (Ingrian): surface of the earth

Definitions

  1. surface of the earth

Ancestry of “maanpäälys”, step by step

maanpäälys 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 päälys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpäälystop, surface
2Võropääl—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →