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”

Every word from Proto-Uralic emä →Every word from Proto-Finnic emä →