Where does “tagumik” come from?

tagumik (Estonian) comes from Estonian -ik, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

tagumik (Estonian): bottom, buttocks

Definitions

  1. bottom, buttocks

Ancestry of “tagumik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-ikDerives nouns from numerals, with the meaning...
2Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
3Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ikko →Every word from Estonian -ik →