Where does “pätemisentarve” come from?

pätemisentarve (Finnish) comes from Finnish päteminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

pätemisentarve (Finnish): need to show off (one's real or imagined knowledge), need for recognition or attention

Definitions

  1. need to show off (one's real or imagined knowledge), need for recognition or attention

Ancestry of “pätemisentarve”, step by step

pätemisentarve traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päteminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäteminen—
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish tarve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarveneed; demand
2Proto-Finnictarbeh—
3Proto-Germanicþarbizuseful
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -minen →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →
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