Where does “emännänkyhmy” come from?

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

emännänkyhmy (Finnish): a lipoma on the back of the neck

Definitions

  1. a lipoma on the back of the neck

Ancestry of “emännänkyhmy”, step by step

emännänkyhmy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish emäntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishemäntäA mistress; A housewife; A hostess
2Proto-Finnicemäntämistress, housewife
3Proto-Finnicemämother
4Proto-Uralicemämother

via Finnish kyhmy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyhmyswelling, protuberance
2Finnishkuhmuknot, swelling, bump
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emäntä →