Where does “vanaema” come from?

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

vanaema (Estonian): grandmother

Definitions

  1. grandmother

Ancestry of “vanaema”, step by step

vanaema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian ema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianemamother; a reproductive female animal in a hive; a...
2Proto-Finnicemämother
3Proto-Uralicemämother

via Estonian vana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvanaold; an old person; that which is old
2Proto-Finnicvanhaold
3Proto-Finno-Permicwanša—
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Estonian ema →