Where does “maakangõz” come from?

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

maakangõz (Votic): floormat, carpet, rug

Definitions

  1. floormat, carpet, rug

Ancestry of “maakangõz”, step by step

maakangõz 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 kangõz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Votickangõzcloth, fabric
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →