Where does “lemmitty” come from?

lemmitty (Finnish) comes from Finnish lempiä, from Finnish Lempi, from Finnish lempi, from Proto-Finnic lempi — ? flame,? spark,? warmth.

lemmitty (Finnish): Synonym of rakas; Past passive participle of...

Definitions

  1. Synonym of rakas; Past passive participle of...

Ancestry of “lemmitty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlempiäto make love; Partitive plural form of lempi
2FinnishLempi(erotic) love
3Finnishlempilove; love-making, sex; As a very common former...
4Proto-Finniclempi? flame,? spark,? warmth
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