Where does “näppituntuma” come from?

näppituntuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuntuma, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

näppituntuma (Finnish): gut feeling

Definitions

  1. gut feeling

Ancestry of “näppituntuma”, step by step

näppituntuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuntuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntumatouch, feel, feeling
2FinnishI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä

via Finnish näppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäppithe tips of the thumb and another finger or...
2Proto-Finnicnäppifingertip, finger
Every word from Uralic *minäEvery word from Proto-Finnic minäEvery word from Finnish minä