Where does “rištjemā” come from?

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

rištjemā (Livonian): godmother

Definitions

  1. godmother

Ancestry of “rištjemā”, step by step

rištjemā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian jemā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianjemāmother
2Proto-Finnicemämother
3Proto-Uralicemämother

via Livonian rišt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianrištcross
Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →Every word from Livonian jemā →