Where does “emäkallio” come from?

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

emäkallio (Finnish): parent rock, substratum

Definitions

  1. parent rock, substratum

Ancestry of “emäkallio”, step by step

emäkallio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish emä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishemämother; mother of an animal, dam; womb
2Proto-Finnicemämother
3Proto-Uralicemämother

via Finnish Kallio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKallioAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kallijo—
3Proto-Germanichallijǭ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →
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