Where does “maavehnä” come from?

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

maavehnä (Ingrian): wheat from one's own land

Definitions

  1. wheat from one's own land

Ancestry of “maavehnä”, step by step

maavehnä 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 vehnä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvehnäwheat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →