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Where does “tegema” come from?

tegema (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tegema (Estonian): to do

Definitions

  1. to do

Ancestry of “tegema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
2Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “tegema”

  • tegelik
  • tekkima
  • teke
  • peale tegema
  • kurjategija
  • tegija
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