Where does “lapsiäiti” come from?

lapsiäiti (Finnish) comes from Finnish äiti, from Finnish äitei, from Proto-Germanic aiþį̄ — mother.

lapsiäiti (Finnish): child mother mother of an underage child

Definitions

  1. child mother mother of an underage child

Ancestry of “lapsiäiti”, step by step

lapsiäiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish äiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäitimother; the letter "Ä" in the Finnish spelling...
2Finnishäitei
3Proto-Germanicaiþį̄mother

via Finnish lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle
Every word from Proto-Germanic aiþį̄Every word from Finnish äiteiEvery word from Finnish äiti