Where does “-uma” come from?
-uma (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
-uma (Finnish): Variant of -ma; forms passive action/result nouns...
Definitions
- Variant of -ma; forms passive action/result nouns...
Ancestry of “-uma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
Words derived from “-uma”