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

  1. knowledge of language, linguistic knowledge

Ancestry of “kielentuntemus”, step by step

kielentuntemus 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 kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -mus