Where does “äitihahmo” come from?

äitihahmo (Finnish) comes from Finnish hahmo, from Finnish haamu, from Proto-Finnic haama, from Proto-Finno-Permic šamɜ.

äitihahmo (Finnish): mother figure

Definitions

  1. mother figure

Ancestry of “äitihahmo”, step by step

äitihahmo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hahmo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhahmoshape; figure; character
2Finnishhaamughost, spirit; shadow
3Proto-Finnichaama—
4Proto-Finno-Permicšamɜ—

via Finnish äiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäitimother; the letter "Ä" in the Finnish spelling...
2Finnishäitei—
3Proto-Germanicaiþį̄mother
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic šamɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic haama →Every word from Finnish haamu →