Where does “emälammas” come from?

emälammas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lammas, from Proto-Finnic lambas, from Proto-Germanic lambaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én.

emälammas (Finnish): mother sheep, ewe

Definitions

  1. mother sheep, ewe

Ancestry of “emälammas”, step by step

emälammas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lammas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlammassheep; mutton; sheep, lamb
2Proto-Finniclambassheep, lamb
3Proto-Germaniclambazlamb
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁l̥h₁onbʰos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elh₁én—

via Finnish emä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishemämother; mother of an animal, dam; womb
2Proto-Finnicemämother
3Proto-Uralicemämother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én →