Where does “syntymätukka” come from?
syntymätukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish syntymä, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
syntymätukka (Finnish): birth hair
Ancestry of “syntymätukka”, step by step
syntymätukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish syntymä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | syntymä | birth |
| 2 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish tukka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tukka | hair |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | tukka | hair on the head |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | čukka | — |