Where does “emämaa” come from?

emämaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

emämaa (Finnish): motherland mother country in contrast to its colonies

Definitions

  1. motherland mother country in contrast to its colonies

Ancestry of “emämaa”, step by step

emämaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish emä

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