Where does “temmelkenttä” come from?

temmelkenttä (Finnish) comes from Finnish temmellä, from Finnish temmata, from Proto-Finnic tembait'ak — to pull, to yank.

Ancestry of “temmelkenttä”, step by step

temmelkenttä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish temmellä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtemmelläto pull repeatedly; to rage; to romp, frolic
2Finnishtemmatato snatch, grab, jerk, pull, tear; to draw
3Proto-Finnictembait'akto pull, to yank

via Finnish kenttä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenttäfield; A limited area where a game is played, a...
2Proto-Samickientēmeadow, field
Every word from Proto-Finnic tembait'ak →Every word from Finnish temmata →Every word from Finnish temmellä →