Where does “ämmänsolmu” come from?
ämmänsolmu (Finnish) comes from Finnish solmu, from Proto-Finnic solmu, from Proto-Finnic solmi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ćolme — knot, bundle; to bind.
ämmänsolmu (Finnish): granny knot
Ancestry of “ämmänsolmu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | solmu | knot; knot, deadlock; vertex |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | solmu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | solmi | knot |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | ćolme | knot, bundle; to bind |