Where does “maatilanemäntä” come from?
maatilanemäntä (Finnish) comes from Finnish maatila, from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maatilanemäntä (Finnish): hostess of a farm
Ancestry of “maatilanemäntä”, step by step
maatilanemäntä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maatila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maatila | farm |
| 2 | Finnish | tila | state; condition; Short for maatila |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish emäntä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | emäntä | A mistress; A housewife; A hostess |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | emäntä | mistress, housewife |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | emä | mother |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | emä | mother |