Where does “emäntäväki” come from?

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

emäntäväki (Finnish): the women living in a house (particularly a rural house), including the hostess, matron or housewife

Definitions

  1. the women living in a house (particularly a rural house), including the hostess, matron or housewife

Ancestry of “emäntäväki”, step by step

emäntäväki 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 väki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväkipeople, crowd; power, strength, force
2Icelandicvakihormone
3Arabicوَاقِعhappening, occurring; falling
4Arabicالنَّسْر الوَاقِعfalling eagle
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emäntä →
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