Where does “pelmahdella” come from?

pelmahdella (Finnish) comes from Finnish pelmahtaa, from Finnish pelmuta, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

Ancestry of “pelmahdella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelmahtaato suddenly appear or show up
2Finnishpelmutato romp, frolic
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish pelmuta →
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