Where does “maa” come from?

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

maa (Proto-Finnic): earth, ground, soil; land, country

Definitions

  1. earth, ground, soil; land, country

Ancestry of “maa”, step by step

maa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Uralic mëxe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Proto-Finno-Ugric mëxe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugricmëxe—

Words derived from “maa”

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