Where does “taantua” come from?

taantua (Finnish) comes from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

taantua (Finnish): to revert, to regress

Definitions

  1. to revert, to regress

Ancestry of “taantua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
2Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
3Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “taantua”

Every word from Proto-Uralic taka →Every word from Proto-Finnic taka →Every word from Finnish taka →
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