Where does “kangutama” come from?

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

kangutama (Estonian): to lever, to pry

Definitions

  1. to lever, to pry

Ancestry of “kangutama”, 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 →