Where does “ehitama” come from?

ehitama (Estonian) comes from Estonian ma, from Estonian mina, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

ehitama (Estonian): to build

Definitions

  1. to build

Ancestry of “ehitama”, step by step

ehitama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianmaI; short form of mina
2EstonianminaI
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

via Estonian ehtima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianehtimato decorate; to ready oneself
2Proto-Finnicehtidäkto prepare, to get ready
3Proto-Finno-Permicešte-—

Words derived from “ehitama”

Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Estonian mina →