Where does “itsetajunta” come from?

itsetajunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish tajunta, from Finnish tajuta, from Finnish taju, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

itsetajunta (Finnish): self-awareness, apperception

Definitions

  1. self-awareness, apperception

Ancestry of “itsetajunta”, step by step

itsetajunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tajunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtajuntaconsciousness
2Finnishtajutato get the idea of something, to grasp; to...
3Finnishtajuconsciousness; sense
4Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
5Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish itse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitseoneself; used to emphasize the person of the head...
2Proto-Finnicicekself
3Hebrewיצחקto laugh
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uEvery word from Finnish -uEvery word from Finnish taju