Etymology Explorer › Karelian

Where does “mägi” come from?

mägi (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic mäki, from Proto-Uralic mäki.

mägi (Karelian): hill, mountain

Definitions

  1. hill, mountain

Ancestry of “mägi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmäkihill, mountain
2Proto-Uralicmäki—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mäki →