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Where does “hämärtää” come from?

hämärtää (Finnish) comes from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

hämärtää (Finnish): To darken, get/grow dim/dusky/dark; To blur, make...

Definitions

  1. To darken, get/grow dim/dusky/dark; To blur, make...

Ancestry of “hämärtää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
2Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
3Proto-Finnictaka—
4Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “hämärtää”

  • hämärtyä
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