Where does “mieltää” come from?
mieltää (Finnish) comes from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.
mieltää (Finnish): To perceive; Third-person singular indicative...
Definitions
- To perceive; Third-person singular indicative...
Ancestry of “mieltää”, step by step
mieltää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 2 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |
via Finnish mieli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mieli | mood; sense, meaning; mind |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | meeli | one's senses, mind |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | mäle | — |
Words derived from “mieltää”