Where does “maailma” come from?

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

maailma (Proto-Finnic): the world; Earth, the universe

Definitions

  1. the world; Earth, the universe

Ancestry of “maailma”, step by step

maailma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finnic maa

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

via Proto-Finnic ilma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicilmaair; sky; weather
2Proto-Uralicilmasky, heaven; ? weather; ? god

Words derived from “maailma”

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