Where does “nuoriemäntä” come from?

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

nuoriemäntä (Finnish): the wife of a man who lives at his or her parent's house (nuori-isäntä)

Definitions

  1. the wife of a man who lives at his or her parent's house (nuori-isäntä)

Ancestry of “nuoriemäntä”, step by step

nuoriemäntä 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 nuori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuoriyoung; a young person; youth
2Proto-Finnicnooriyoung
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emäntä →
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