Where does “lämmastik” come from?

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

lämmastik (Estonian): nitrogen

Definitions

  1. nitrogen

Ancestry of “lämmastik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlämmatamato suffocate (a living being)
2Estonian-tamaForms causative verbs. It can be translated as...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →Every word from Estonian -tama →