Where does “mõistma” come from?
mõistma (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic muistadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric muja- — to touch, feel.
mõistma (Estonian): to understand; to guess; to know, to know how to...
Definitions
- to understand; to guess; to know, to know how to...
Ancestry of “mõistma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | muistadak | — |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | muja- | to touch, feel |