Where does “emäksisyys” come from?

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

emäksisyys (Finnish): alkalinity

Definitions

  1. alkalinity

Ancestry of “emäksisyys”, step by step

emäksisyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish emäksinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishemäksinenalkaline, basic; mafic
2Finnishemäsbase
3Finnishemämother; mother of an animal, dam; womb
4Proto-Finnicemämother
5Proto-Uralicemämother

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Finnish emä →