Where does “myötätunto” come from?
myötätunto (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunto, from Finnish tuntea, from Proto-Finnic tuntedak, from Proto-Uralic tumte- — to know.
myötätunto (Finnish): sympathy, compassion
Ancestry of “myötätunto”, step by step
myötätunto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tunto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tunto | touch; feeling, sensation |
| 2 | Finnish | tuntea | to feel, sense; to know, be familiar with |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tuntedak | to know; to feel |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | tumte- | to know |
via Finnish myötä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | myötä | for; along |
| 2 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
Words derived from “myötätunto”