Where does “keittiöemäntä” come from?

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

keittiöemäntä (Finnish): kitchen hostess, female cook

Definitions

  1. kitchen hostess, female cook

Ancestry of “keittiöemäntä”, step by step

keittiöemäntä 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 keittiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittiökitchen; cuisine
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emäntä →