Where does “maasavi” come from?

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

maasavi (Ingrian): land clay

Definitions

  1. land clay

Ancestry of “maasavi”, step by step

maasavi 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 savi

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