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Where does “emäntä” come from?

emäntä (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Finnic emä, from Proto-Uralic emä — mother.

emäntä (Proto-Finnic): mistress, housewife

Definitions

  1. mistress, housewife

Ancestry of “emäntä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicemämother
2Proto-Uralicemämother

Words derived from “emäntä”

  • emännöidä
  • lentoemäntä
  • emäntä
  • emännöitsijä
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