Where does “temmellys” come from?

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

temmellys (Finnish): frolicking

Definitions

  1. frolicking

Ancestry of “temmellys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtemmeltääto romp, frolic; Third-person singular indicative...
2Finnishtemmatato snatch, grab, jerk, pull, tear; to draw
3Proto-Finnictembait'akto pull, to yank

Words derived from “temmellys”

Every word from Proto-Finnic tembait'ak →Every word from Finnish temmata →Every word from Finnish temmeltää →