Where does “jemākēļ” come from?

jemākēļ (Livonian) comes from Livonian jemā, from Proto-Finnic emä, from Proto-Uralic emä — mother.

jemākēļ (Livonian): mother tongue, native language

Definitions

  1. mother tongue, native language

Ancestry of “jemākēļ”, step by step

jemākēļ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian jemā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianjemāmother
2Proto-Finnicemämother
3Proto-Uralicemämother

via Livonian kēļ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livoniankēļlanguage
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Livonian jemā →