Where does “haarama” come from?

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

haarama (Estonian): to grab, catch, grip

Definitions

  1. to grab, catch, grip

Ancestry of “haarama”, step by step

haarama 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 haar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianhaar—
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Estonian mina →
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