Where does “selvännäkeminen” come from?
selvännäkeminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish näkeminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
selvännäkeminen (Finnish): divination discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means
Definitions
- divination discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means
Ancestry of “selvännäkeminen”, step by step
selvännäkeminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näkeminen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näkeminen | seeing; Fourth infinitive of nähdä in nominative... |
| 2 | Finnish | -minen | Forms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -minen | Forms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |