Where does “vaatlema” come from?

vaatlema (Estonian) comes from Estonian -lema, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

vaatlema (Estonian): to observe, to examine

Definitions

  1. to observe, to examine

Ancestry of “vaatlema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-lemaDerives verbs, sometimes causing changes in the...
2Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
3Proto-Uralic-le-—

Words derived from “vaatlema”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Estonian -lema →Every word from Proto-Finnic -eldak →