Where does “myymäläemäntä” come from?

myymäläemäntä (Finnish) comes from Finnish myymälä, from Finnish myydä, from Proto-Finnic *müüdäk, from Proto-Uralic mixe-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw-.

myymäläemäntä (Finnish): (female) shopwalker or floorwalker

Definitions

  1. (female) shopwalker or floorwalker

Ancestry of “myymäläemäntä”, step by step

myymäläemäntä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myymälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyymäläshop
2Finnishmyydäto sell
3Proto-Finnic*müüdäk—
4Proto-Uralicmixe-give
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mey-gw-—

via Finnish emäntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishemäntäA mistress; A housewife; A hostess
2Proto-Finnicemäntämistress, housewife
3Proto-Finnicemämother
4Proto-Uralicemämother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw- →Every word from Proto-Uralic mixe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic *müüdäk →