Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/emäntä

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 *emä (mother) +‎ *-ntä.

Noun

*emäntä

  1. mistress, housewife (female head of a household)

Inflection

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: emand
  • Finnish: emäntä
    • Northern Sami: eamit
    • Kildin Sami: е̄меннҍт (jiemjenn’t)
  • Ingrian: emäntä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: emäntä
    • South Karelian: emändä
  • Livonian: jemānd
  • Livvi: emändy
  • Ludian: emänd
  • Võro: imänd
  • Votic: emänte, (Eastern Votic) emätä