Where does “mājlops” come from?

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

mājlops (Latvian): larger farm animals, livestock

Definitions

  1. larger farm animals, livestock

Ancestry of “mājlops”, step by step

mājlops traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian māja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmājahouse, dwelling; farmhouse, farmstead, farm and...
2Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
3Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Latvian lops

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianlopslivestock, animal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →