Where does “vaatlus” come from?

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

vaatlus (Estonian): observation

Definitions

  1. observation

Ancestry of “vaatlus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvaatlemato observe, to examine
2Estonian-lemaDerives verbs, sometimes causing changes in the...
3Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
4Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Estonian -lema →Every word from Proto-Finnic -eldak →
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