Where does “maailm” come from?

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

maailm (Võro): world

Definitions

  1. world

Ancestry of “maailm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmaailmathe world; Earth, the universe
2Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
3Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →