Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mëxe

Etymology
An etymology that has not received wide acceptance is put forth by Koivulehto (2009) that the word is possibly an old loanword from an Indo-Iranian language, from (presumably in the sense of “greatness, expanse”) (compare specifically, ). This etymology is rejected by Holopainen (2019).

Noun

 * 1) earth, land

Descendants

 * Samoyedic:
 * Selkup:
 * in
 * Narym: in
 * Upper Ob: in
 * Ugric:
 * ? Khanty: *meɣ
 * Mansi: *mëë
 * Mari:
 * in
 * in
 * Mansi: *mëë
 * Mari:
 * in
 * in
 * Mari:
 * in
 * in
 * in
 * in
 * in
 * in