Where does “olema” come from?
olema (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic oldak, from Proto-Uralic wole- — to be, become; be, will be.
olema (Estonian): to be
Ancestry of “olema”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | oldak | to be |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | wole- | to be, become; be, will be |
Words derived from “olema”