Where does “laitama” come from?

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

laitama (Finnish): fringe, outskirts

Definitions

  1. fringe, outskirts

Ancestry of “laitama”, step by step

laitama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mä

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

via Finnish laita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaitaedge, margin, border, verge, brink, side; brim;...
2Finnish-mpiForms comparative adjectives; Forms adjectives...
3Proto-Uralic-mpa—
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →