Where does “surmama” come from?

surmama (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic surmat'ak, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

surmama (Estonian): to kill

Definitions

  1. to kill

Ancestry of “surmama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicsurmat'akto kill, to slay
2Proto-Finnic-t'akForms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning
3Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -t'ak →Every word from Proto-Finnic surmat'ak →