Where does “Emajõgi” come from?

Emajõgi (English) comes from Estonian Emajõgi, from Estonian ema, from Proto-Finnic emä, from Proto-Uralic emä — mother.

Emajõgi (English): which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km. It has a length of 101 km

Definitions

  1. which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km. It has a length of 101 km

Ancestry of “Emajõgi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianEmajõgiwith a length of 101 km which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km
2Estonianemamother; a reproductive female animal in a hive; a...
3Proto-Finnicemämother
4Proto-Uralicemämother
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Estonian ema →