Where does “peamine” come from?

peamine (Estonian) comes from Estonian -mine, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

peamine (Estonian): chief, main, major, principal

Definitions

  1. chief, main, major, principal

Ancestry of “peamine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-minederives adjectives from nouns or prefixes; forms...
2Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “peamine”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Estonian -mine →
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