Where does “emävalhe” come from?

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

Ancestry of “emävalhe”, step by step

emävalhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish emä

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

via Finnish valhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalhelie, fabrication, untruth
2Proto-Finnicvalehlie, untruth
3Persianوالهenamored, distraught (e.g. with love)
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Finnish emä →
emävalhe — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer