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Where does “sulautuma” come from?

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

sulautuma (Finnish): portmanteau, portmanteau word; merger

Definitions

  1. portmanteau, portmanteau word; merger

Ancestry of “sulautuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäI
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—
Every word from Uralic *minä →