Where does “mõistlik” come from?

mõistlik (Estonian) comes from Estonian mõistma, from Proto-Finnic muistadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric muja- — to touch, feel.

mõistlik (Estonian): reasonable, rationable, sound, good

Definitions

  1. reasonable, rationable, sound, good

Ancestry of “mõistlik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmõistmato understand; to guess; to know, to know how to...
2Proto-Finnicmuistadakto understand
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmuja-to touch, feel
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric muja- →Every word from Proto-Finnic muistadak →Every word from Estonian mõistma →