Where does “roojama” come from?

roojama (Estonian) comes from Estonian ma, from Estonian mina, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

roojama (Estonian): to defecate

Definitions

  1. to defecate

Ancestry of “roojama”, step by step

roojama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianmaI; short form of mina
2EstonianminaI
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

via Estonian roe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianroefaeces, excrement
2Proto-Finnicroojadirt, mud, filth

Words derived from “roojama”

Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Estonian mina →
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