Where does “temmellys” come from?
temmellys (Finnish) comes from Finnish temmeltää, from Finnish temmata, from Proto-Finnic tembait'ak.
temmellys (Finnish): frolicking
Ancestry of “temmellys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | temmeltää | to romp, frolic; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Finnish | temmata | to snatch, grab, jerk, pull, tear; to draw |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tembait'ak | — |