Where does “emäseurakunta” come from?

emäseurakunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish seurakunta, from Finnish kunta, from Proto-Finnic kunta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kunta.

emäseurakunta (Finnish): mother parish main parish in an area, which may have or has had subordinate parishes

Definitions

  1. mother parish main parish in an area, which may have or has had subordinate parishes

Ancestry of “emäseurakunta”, step by step

emäseurakunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seurakunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishseurakuntaA parish; A congregation, parish; Any group of...
2Finnishkuntamunicipality, commune; local political division;...
3Proto-Finnickuntacommunity; group of people
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickunta—

via Finnish emä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishemämother; mother of an animal, dam; womb
2Proto-Finnicemämother
3Proto-Uralicemämother
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