Where does “rabelema” come from?

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

rabelema (Estonian): to struggle, to wriggle, to toss, to writhe

Definitions

  1. to struggle, to wriggle, to toss, to writhe

Ancestry of “rabelema”, 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 →