Where does “sormenpäätuntuma” come from?

sormenpäätuntuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuntuma, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

Ancestry of “sormenpäätuntuma”, step by step

sormenpäätuntuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuntuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntumatouch, feel, feeling
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—

via Finnish sormenpää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsormenpääA fingertip
2Finnishpäähead; end, tip
3Proto-Finnicpäähead
4Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →
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