Where does “erinema” come from?
erinema (Estonian) comes from Estonian ma, from Estonian mina, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.
erinema (Estonian): to differ; to vary
Ancestry of “erinema”, step by step
erinema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Estonian ma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | ma | I; short form of mina |
| 2 | Estonian | mina | I |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 4 | Uralic | *minä | — |
via Estonian eri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | eri | separate, distinct; special issue, special... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *erei | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | er- | eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,... |