Where does “ammata” come from?

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

ammata (Finnish): To tend to a child

Definitions

  1. To tend to a child

Ancestry of “ammata”, step by step

ammata 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 tä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...
Every word from Low German amme →Every word from Swedish amma →Every word from Finnish ämmä →