Where does “hankauma” come from?
hankauma (Finnish) comes from Finnish hankautua, from Finnish hangata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
hankauma (Finnish): chafe, gall
Ancestry of “hankauma”, step by step
hankauma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hankautua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hankautua | to be or to get rubbed |
| 2 | Finnish | hangata | to rub; "~ vastaan:" to resist |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish mä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 2 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 4 | Uralic | *minä | — |