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Where does “kohtupidamine” come from?

kohtupidamine (Estonian) comes from Estonian pidamine, from Estonian -mine, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kohtupidamine (Estonian): judiciary, judicial system

Definitions

  1. judiciary, judicial system

Ancestry of “kohtupidamine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpidamine
2Estonian-minederives adjectives from nouns or prefixes; forms...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →