Where does “itsetunto” come from?
itsetunto (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunto, from Finnish tuntea, from Proto-Finnic tuntedak, from Proto-Uralic tumte- — to know.
itsetunto (Finnish): self-esteem
Ancestry of “itsetunto”, step by step
itsetunto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tunto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tunto | touch; feeling, sensation |
| 2 | Finnish | tuntea | to feel, sense; to know, be familiar with |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tuntedak | to know; to feel |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | tumte- | to know |
via Finnish itse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | itse | oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | icek | self |
| 3 | Hebrew | יצחק | to laugh |