Where does “emäspuikko” come from?

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

emäspuikko (Finnish): alkaline electrode

Definitions

  1. alkaline electrode

Ancestry of “emäspuikko”, step by step

emäspuikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish emäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishemäsbase
2Finnishemämother; mother of an animal, dam; womb
3Proto-Finnicemämother
4Proto-Uralicemämother

via Finnish puikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuikkopeg; stick; short for neulepuikko
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Finnish emä →