Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/emäntä

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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

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Etymology

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From *emä (mother) +‎ *-ntä.

Noun

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*emäntä

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

Inflection

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Descendants

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