Where does “hõlmama” come from?

hõlmama (Estonian) comes from Estonian -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

hõlmama (Estonian): to cover, to encompass

Definitions

  1. to cover, to encompass

Ancestry of “hõlmama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-maForms verbs from nouns; The suffix of the...
2Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
3Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Estonian -ma →