Where does “itsetuntemus” come from?

itsetuntemus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuntemus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

itsetuntemus (Finnish): self-knowledge, self-awareness

Definitions

  1. self-knowledge, self-awareness

Ancestry of “itsetuntemus”, step by step

itsetuntemus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuntemus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntemusfeeling, sensation, vibe; knowledge
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish itse

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