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Where does “ilmetä” come from?

ilmetä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmi, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

ilmetä (Finnish): To appear, turn out; to become apparent; to arise

Definitions

  1. To appear, turn out; to become apparent; to arise

Ancestry of “ilmetä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilmipublic, known, to the daylight, to the open;...
2FinnishIlma—
3Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
4Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

Words derived from “ilmetä”

  • ilmentymä
  • ilmentyä
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