Where does “Ämmänpää” come from?

Ämmänpää (Finnish) comes from Finnish ämmä, from Swedish amma, from Low German amme.

Ancestry of “Ämmänpää”, step by step

Ämmänpää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ämmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishämmäwife, woman; hag; bitch
2Swedishammaa wet nurse; to breastfeed
3Low Germanamme—

via Finnish pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Low German amme →Every word from Swedish amma →Every word from Finnish ämmä →
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