Where does “pöörlema” come from?

pöörlema (Estonian) comes from Estonian -lema, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

pöörlema (Estonian): to turn, to rotate

Definitions

  1. to turn, to rotate

Ancestry of “pöörlema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-lemaDerives verbs, sometimes causing changes in the...
2Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
3Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Estonian -lema →Every word from Proto-Finnic -eldak →