Where does “ämmänlänget” come from?

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

ämmänlänget (Finnish): shoulder yoke

Definitions

  1. shoulder yoke

Ancestry of “ämmänlänget”, step by step

ämmänlänget 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 länget

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlängetcollar, horse collar, hame
Every word from Low German amme →Every word from Swedish amma →Every word from Finnish ämmä →