Where does “au-äiti” come from?

au-äiti (Finnish) comes from Finnish ulkopuolinen, from Finnish ulkopuoli, from Finnish ulko-, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ulko, from Proto-Albanian ulka, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

au-äiti (Finnish): extramarital mother single mother

Definitions

  1. extramarital mother single mother

Ancestry of “au-äiti”, step by step

au-äiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ulkopuolinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishulkopuolinenexternal; extra-; off-
2Finnishulkopuolioutside
3Finnishulko-outer, external; foreign; overseas
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*ulko
5Proto-Albanianulkawolf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

via Finnish äiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäitimother; the letter "Ä" in the Finnish spelling...
2Finnishäitei
3Proto-Germanicaiþį̄mother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷosEvery word from Finnish ulko-Every word from Proto-Albanian ulka
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