Where does “emä” come from?

emä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic emä, from Proto-Uralic emä — mother.

emä (Finnish): mother; mother of an animal, dam; womb

Definitions

  1. mother; mother of an animal, dam; womb

Ancestry of “emä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicemämother
2Proto-Uralicemämother

Words derived from “emä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →
emä — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer