Where does “kisaemäntä” come from?

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

kisaemäntä (Finnish): hostess of a competition

Definitions

  1. hostess of a competition

Ancestry of “kisaemäntä”, step by step

kisaemäntä 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 kisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkisacompetition, games
2Proto-Finnickisagame, play, competition
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickiśɜ—
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