Where does “perheenemäntä” come from?

perheenemäntä (Finnish) comes from Finnish perhe, from Proto-Finnic pereh, from Proto-Finnic perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä, from Proto-Uralic *perä — hindquarters, back part of something.

perheenemäntä (Finnish): housewife, homemaker

Definitions

  1. housewife, homemaker

Ancestry of “perheenemäntä”, step by step

perheenemäntä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperhefamily, nuclear family
2Proto-Finnicperehfamily, nuclear family
3Proto-Finnicperärear, back; far end
4Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
5Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

via Finnish emäntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishemäntäA mistress; A housewife; A hostess
2Proto-Finnicemäntämistress, housewife
3Proto-Finnicemämother
4Proto-Uralicemämother
Every word from Proto-Uralic *perä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric perä →Every word from Proto-Finnic perä →