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”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -eldak →