Where does “jälitama” come from?

jälitama (Estonian) comes from Estonian -tama, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

jälitama (Estonian): to track, to follow, to chase, to tail

Definitions

  1. to track, to follow, to chase, to tail

Ancestry of “jälitama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-tamaForms causative verbs. It can be translated as...
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →Every word from Estonian -tama →