Where does “särmätä” come from?

särmätä (Finnish) comes from Finnish särmä, from Finnish särkeä, from Proto-Finnic särkedäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ćärke-.

särmätä (Finnish): to press, stamp, chamfer, bend

Definitions

  1. to press, stamp, chamfer, bend

Ancestry of “särmätä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsärmäedge
2Finnishsärkeäto break, shatter, smash cause to break into two or more pieces
3Proto-Finnicsärkedäkto be sore, to ache; to break
4Proto-Finno-Ugricćärke-—

Words derived from “särmätä”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ćärke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic särkedäk →Every word from Finnish särkeä →