Where does “proovima” come from?

proovima (Estonian) comes from Estonian -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

proovima (Estonian): to try, to attempt

Definitions

  1. to try, to attempt

Ancestry of “proovima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-maForms verbs from nouns; The suffix of the...
2Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
3Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Estonian -ma →