Where does “suunama” come from?

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

suunama (Estonian): to guide, to direct

Definitions

  1. to guide, to direct

Ancestry of “suunama”, step by step

suunama 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 suund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansuunddirection
2Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Estonian mina →
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