Where does “erikoistuntemus” come from?

erikoistuntemus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuntemus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

erikoistuntemus (Finnish): special expertise

Definitions

  1. special expertise

Ancestry of “erikoistuntemus”, step by step

erikoistuntemus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuntemus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntemusfeeling, sensation, vibe; knowledge
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish erikoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisherikoinenSpecial, exceptional, out of the ordinary;...
2Finnisheridifferent, other, another; different, separate;...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*erei—
4Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Finnish -mus →