Where does “ütlema” come from?
ütlema (Estonian) comes from Estonian -lema, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
ütlema (Estonian): to say
Ancestry of “ütlema”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | -lema | Derives verbs, sometimes causing changes in the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |