Where does “lehkama” come from?

lehkama (Estonian) comes from Estonian ma, from Estonian mina, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

lehkama (Estonian): to pong, to stink

Definitions

  1. to pong, to stink

Ancestry of “lehkama”, step by step

lehkama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianmaI; short form of mina
2EstonianminaI
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

via Estonian lehk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlehksmell, stink
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Estonian mina →
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