Where does “käivituma” come from?

käivituma (Estonian) comes from Estonian -uma, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

käivituma (Estonian): to start, to be set in motion, to be activated

Definitions

  1. to start, to be set in motion, to be activated

Ancestry of “käivituma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-umaDerives various verbs
2Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäkEvery word from Estonian -uma
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