Where does “emämuna” come from?

emämuna (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian muna, from Proto-Finnic muna, from Proto-Uralic müŋä — rear, beyond; space behind something.

emämuna (Ingrian): seed potato

Definitions

  1. seed potato

Ancestry of “emämuna”, step by step

emämuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian muna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmunaegg
2Proto-Finnicmunaegg
3Proto-Uralicmüŋärear, beyond; space behind something

via Ingrian emä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianemämother
Every word from Proto-Uralic müŋä →Every word from Proto-Finnic muna →Every word from Ingrian muna →