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Where does “kärhämä” come from?

kärhämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

kärhämä (Finnish): skirmish, brawl, quarrel

Definitions

  1. skirmish, brawl, quarrel

Ancestry of “kärhämä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäI
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

Words derived from “kärhämä”

  • kärhämöidä
Every word from Uralic *minä →