Where does “juoruämmä” come from?

juoruämmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ämmä, from Swedish amma, from Low German amme.

juoruämmä (Finnish): blabbermouth, blab, babbler, gossiper, gossip, gossipmonger

Definitions

  1. blabbermouth, blab, babbler, gossiper, gossip, gossipmonger

Ancestry of “juoruämmä”, step by step

juoruämmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ämmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishämmäwife, woman; hag; bitch
2Swedishammaa wet nurse; to breastfeed
3Low Germanamme—

via Finnish juoru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuorugossip; spiderwort, a plant in the genus...
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