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Where does “olemus” come from?

olemus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

olemus (Finnish): essence; substance; general appearance of a...

Definitions

  1. essence; substance; general appearance of a...

Ancestry of “olemus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
2Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “olemus”

  • ydinolemus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →