Where does “ienmätä” come from?

ienmätä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mätä, from Proto-Finnic mätä — pus; rotten.

ienmätä (Finnish): pyorrhea advanced state of periodontitis

Definitions

  1. pyorrhea advanced state of periodontitis

Ancestry of “ienmätä”, step by step

ienmätä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmätärotten; fishy; pus
2Proto-Finnicmätäpus; rotten

via Finnish ien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiengum
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*igen—
Every word from Proto-Finnic mätä →Every word from Finnish mätä →