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

hämärtää traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taa

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

via Finnish hämärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhämärädusk, twilight, dark, dimness; dim, dusky,...
2Proto-Finnichämärätwilight, dusk; dim, dusky, gloomy, dark

via Ingrian hämärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianhämärädusk, twilight

Words derived from “hämärtää”

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