Where does “māja” come from?

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

māja (Latvian): house, dwelling; farmhouse, farmstead, farm and...

Definitions

  1. house, dwelling; farmhouse, farmstead, farm and...

Ancestry of “māja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
2Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

Words derived from “māja”

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