Where does “emäkirkko” come from?

emäkirkko (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirkko, from Old Saxon kirika, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios — lord, master.

Ancestry of “emäkirkko”, step by step

emäkirkko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirkko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirkkochurch; cathedral
2Old Saxonkirikachurch
3Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
4Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
5Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
6Proto-Hellenic*kúrioslord, master

via Finnish emä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishemämother; mother of an animal, dam; womb
2Proto-Finnicemämother
3Proto-Uralicemämother
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →