Where does “tahmaantua” come from?
tahmaantua (Finnish) comes from Finnish -Vntua, from Finnish -untua, from Finnish -ntua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.
tahmaantua (Finnish): To become sticky
Ancestry of “tahmaantua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -Vntua | Forms passive verbs |
| 2 | Finnish | -untua | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -ntua | Forms reflexive or inchoative intransitive verbs |
| 4 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | — |