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Where does “-lema” come from?

-lema (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

-lema (Estonian): Derives verbs, sometimes causing changes in the...

Definitions

  1. Derives verbs, sometimes causing changes in the...

Ancestry of “-lema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
2Proto-Uralic-le-—

Words derived from “-lema”

  • arutlema
  • arutelu
  • näitlema
  • näitleja
  • kahtlema
  • ütlema
  • näitlejatar
  • arutleja
  • arutlus
  • kauplema
  • kauplus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →