Where does “hämärtyä” come from?
hämärtyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hämärtää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.
hämärtyä (Finnish): to get/grow dim/dusky/dark, darken; to be...
Definitions
- to get/grow dim/dusky/dark, darken; to be...
Ancestry of “hämärtyä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | hämärtää | To darken, get/grow dim/dusky/dark; To blur, make... |
| 2 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 3 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | taka | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |