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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/emä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *emä.

Noun

*emä

  1. mother
    Synonym: *äitei

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: ema
  • Finnish: emä
  • Ingrian: emä
  • Karelian: emä
  • Livonian: jemā
  • Livvi: emä
  • Ludian: emä
  • Veps: ema
  • Võro: imä
  • Votic: emä

Further reading

  • ema”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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