Where does “syömä” come from?
syömä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.
syömä (Finnish): Agent participle of syödä
Definitions
- Agent participle of syödä
Ancestry of “syömä”, step by step
syömä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 2 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 4 | Uralic | *minä | — |
via Finnish syödä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | syödä | to eat; to wear out, to tire, to strain; to... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | söödäk | to eat |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | suH-é | — |
Words derived from “syömä”