Where does “pimentää” come from?

pimentää (Finnish) comes from Finnish pimetä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

pimentää (Finnish): to darken

Definitions

  1. to darken

Ancestry of “pimentää”, step by step

pimentää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pimetä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpimetäto darken, to get dark
2Finnish-etäFront vowel variant of -eta
3Proto-Finnic-t'akForms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish taa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
2Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
3Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
4Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “pimentää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Finnish -etä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -t'ak →
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