Where does “hukkama” come from?

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

hukkama (Estonian): to execute

Definitions

  1. to execute

Ancestry of “hukkama”, step by step

hukkama 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 hukk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianhukkdestruction, ruin, loss
2Proto-Finnichukkaloss; ruin, destruction
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Estonian mina →