Where does “emäntä” come from?

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

emäntä (Finnish): A mistress; A housewife; A hostess

Definitions

  1. A mistress; A housewife; A hostess

Ancestry of “emäntä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicemäntämistress, housewife
2Proto-Finnicemämother
3Proto-Uralicemämother

Words derived from “emäntä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emäntä →