Where does “äkämä” come from?

äkämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish äkeä, from Finnish -ea, from Proto-Finnic -eda, from Proto-Uralic -eta — A generic adjective marker, attached to roots.

äkämä (Finnish): gall

Definitions

  1. gall

Ancestry of “äkämä”, step by step

äkämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish äkeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäkeäirascible, irked, irritated, sullen
2Finnish-eaA suffix for making adjectives from some nouns...
3Proto-Finnic-edaA generic adjective marker
4Proto-Uralic-etaA generic adjective marker, attached to roots

via Finnish mä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäI
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

Words derived from “äkämä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -eta →Every word from Finnish -ea →Every word from Finnish äkeä →