Where does “äitiysloma” come from?

äitiysloma (Finnish) comes from Finnish äitiys, from Finnish äiti, from Finnish äitei, from Proto-Germanic aiþį̄ — mother.

äitiysloma (Finnish): maternity leave

Definitions

  1. maternity leave

Ancestry of “äitiysloma”, step by step

äitiysloma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish äitiys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäitiysmotherhood, maternity
2Finnishäitimother; the letter "Ä" in the Finnish spelling...
3Finnishäitei
4Proto-Germanicaiþį̄mother

via Finnish loma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlomaholiday, vacation; furlough; gap
2Proto-Finniclomagap
3Proto-Finno-Permiclomagap
Every word from Proto-Germanic aiþį̄Every word from Finnish äiteiEvery word from Finnish äiti
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