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Where does “magama” come from?

magama (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic magat'ak — to lie down, to sleep.

magama (Estonian): To sleep

Definitions

  1. To sleep

Ancestry of “magama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmagat'akto lie down, to sleep
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