Where does “maa” come from?

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

maa (Võro): earth; soil; land

Definitions

  1. earth; soil; land

Ancestry of “maa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “maa”

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