Where does “jemāveļ” come from?

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

jemāveļ (Livonian): maternal uncle brother of someone's mother

Definitions

  1. maternal uncle brother of someone's mother

Ancestry of “jemāveļ”, step by step

jemāveļ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian jemā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianjemāmother
2Proto-Finnicemämother
3Proto-Uralicemämother

via Livonian ve’ļ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianve’ļ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Livonian jemā →