Where does “kummittelija” come from?

kummittelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish kummitella, from Finnish kumma, from Proto-Finnic kumma — strange, odd.

kummittelija (Finnish): tarsier

Definitions

  1. tarsier

Ancestry of “kummittelija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkummitellato haunt
2Finnishkummaodd, strange; "in comparative, with negation",...
3Proto-Finnickummastrange, odd

Words derived from “kummittelija”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kumma →Every word from Finnish kumma →Every word from Finnish kummitella →