Where does “minämuoto” come from?

minämuoto (Finnish) comes from Finnish muoto, from Proto-Finnic mooto, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

minämuoto (Finnish): first-person narrative

Definitions

  1. first-person narrative

Ancestry of “minämuoto”, step by step

minämuoto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuotoshape; form; format
2Proto-Finnicmootoshape, form; appearance; manner, way
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Finnish minä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishminäI; ego; self
2Proto-FinnicminäI, me
3Uralic*minä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Finnic mooto →