Where does “maansyän” come from?

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

maansyän (Ingrian): inland

Definitions

  1. inland

Ancestry of “maansyän”, step by step

maansyän 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 syän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansyänheart
2Proto-Finnicsüdänheart
3Proto-Uralicśüdämeheart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →