Where does “eksymä” come from?

eksymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

eksymä (Finnish): magnetic deviation

Definitions

  1. magnetic deviation

Ancestry of “eksymä”, step by step

eksymä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mä

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

via Finnish eksyä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheksyäto get lost, go astray, lose one's way
2Proto-Finniceksüdäkto get lost, to lose one's way; to err
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →
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