Where does “näitlema” come from?

näitlema (Estonian) comes from Estonian näitama, from Estonian -tama, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

näitlema (Estonian): to act

Definitions

  1. to act

Ancestry of “näitlema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniannäitamato show
2Estonian-tamaForms causative verbs. It can be translated as...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “näitlema”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →Every word from Estonian -tama →