Where does “ämmäinlehti” come from?

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

ämmäinlehti (Finnish): women's magazine

Definitions

  1. women's magazine

Ancestry of “ämmäinlehti”, step by step

ämmäinlehti 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 Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Low German amme →Every word from Swedish amma →Every word from Finnish ämmä →