Where does “taanduma” come from?

taanduma (Estonian) comes from Estonian -uma, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

taanduma (Estonian): to retreat; to recede; to withdraw

Definitions

  1. to retreat; to recede; to withdraw

Ancestry of “taanduma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-umaDerives various verbs
2Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Estonian -uma →
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