Where does “hyttiemäntä” come from?

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

hyttiemäntä (Finnish): (ship) cabin hostess

Definitions

  1. (ship) cabin hostess

Ancestry of “hyttiemäntä”, step by step

hyttiemäntä 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 hytti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhytticabin; cab
2Swedishhytta cabin; a driver's compartment
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emäntä →