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

  1. to understand; to guess; to know, to know how to...

Ancestry of “mõistma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmuistadakto understand
2Proto-Finno-Ugricmuja-to touch, feel

Words derived from “mõistma”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric muja- →Every word from Proto-Finnic muistadak →