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Where does “eukko” come from?

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

eukko (Finnish): an old woman; one's wife

Definitions

  1. an old woman; one's wife

Ancestry of “eukko”, step by step

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

Words derived from “eukko”

  • eukkonen
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