Where does “Soomõmaa” come from?

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

Soomõmaa (Votic): Finland

Definitions

  1. Finland

Ancestry of “Soomõmaa”, step by step

Soomõmaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Votic maa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Voticmaaearth; soil; land
2Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
3Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Votic soomõ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VoticsoomõFinnish
2Proto-Finnicsoomiperson from Southwest Finland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →