Where does “myötähäpeä” come from?
myötähäpeä (Finnish) comes from Finnish myötä, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä.
myötähäpeä (Finnish): secondhand embarrassment, vicarious embarrassment
Definitions
- secondhand embarrassment, vicarious embarrassment
Ancestry of “myötähäpeä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | myötä | for; along |
| 2 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | |