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
Ancestry of “emäksisyys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | emäksinen | alkaline, basic; mafic |
| 2 | Finnish | emäs | base |
| 3 | Finnish | emä | mother; mother of an animal, dam; womb |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | emä | mother |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | emä | mother |