Where does “kielentuntemus” come from?
kielentuntemus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuntemus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
kielentuntemus (Finnish): knowledge of language, linguistic knowledge
Definitions
- knowledge of language, linguistic knowledge
Ancestry of “kielentuntemus”, step by step
kielentuntemus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tuntemus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuntemus | feeling, sensation, vibe; knowledge |
| 2 | Finnish | -mus | Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |