Where does “mammaloma” come from?

mammaloma (Finnish) comes from Finnish loma, from Proto-Finnic loma, from Proto-Finno-Permic loma — gap.

mammaloma (Finnish): maternity leave

Definitions

  1. maternity leave

Ancestry of “mammaloma”, step by step

mammaloma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish loma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlomaholiday, vacation; furlough; gap
2Proto-Finniclomagap
3Proto-Finno-Permiclomagap

via Finnish mamma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmammamama; An elder, plump woman
2Swedishmammamom, mum, mother
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