Where does “ämmä” come from?

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

ämmä (Finnish): wife, woman; hag; bitch

Definitions

  1. wife, woman; hag; bitch

Ancestry of “ämmä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishammaa wet nurse; to breastfeed
2Low Germanamme—

Words derived from “ämmä”

Every word from Low German amme →Every word from Swedish amma →
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