Where does “ämmi” come from?

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

ämmi (Finnish): grandmother

Definitions

  1. grandmother

Ancestry of “ämmi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishämmäwife, woman; hag; bitch
2Swedishammaa wet nurse; to breastfeed
3Low Germanamme—
Every word from Low German amme →Every word from Swedish amma →Every word from Finnish ämmä →