Where does “pengertää” come from?
pengertää (Finnish) comes from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.
pengertää (Finnish): to embank; Third-person singular indicative...
Definitions
- to embank; Third-person singular indicative...
Ancestry of “pengertää”, step by step
pengertää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 2 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |
via Finnish penger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | penger | embankment; bank; terrace |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | bankiz | a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeg- | to break |
Words derived from “pengertää”