Where does “emäkylä” come from?

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

emäkylä (Finnish): the original village, as opposed to a village that has split off from it (siirtokylä)

Definitions

  1. the original village, as opposed to a village that has split off from it (siirtokylä)

Ancestry of “emäkylä”, step by step

emäkylä 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 kylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylävillage; Any private place, typically someone...
2Proto-Finno-Ugrickülädwelling
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →