Where does “-маа” come from?

-маа (Mongolian) comes from Komi-Permyak ма, from Proto-Permic *må, from Proto-Uralic mete, from Proto-Indo-European médʰu — honey; honey wine, mead.

-маа (Mongolian): Common ending of female proper names

Definitions

  1. Common ending of female proper names

Ancestry of “-маа”, step by step

-маа traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Komi-Permyak ма

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Komi-Permyakмаhoney
2Proto-Permic*måhoney
3Proto-Uralicmetehoney
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead

via Tibetan མ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰu →Every word from Proto-Uralic mete →Every word from Proto-Permic *må →