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Where does “tema” come from?

tema (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tämä, from Proto-Uralic tä — that.

tema (Estonian): he, she

Definitions

  1. he, she

Ancestry of “tema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugric*tämä—
2Proto-Uralictäthat

Words derived from “tema”

  • tänapäev
  • täna
Every word from Proto-Uralic tä →