Where does “temmellyskenttä” come from?
temmellyskenttä (Finnish) comes from Finnish temmellys, from Finnish temmeltää, from Finnish temmata, from Proto-Finnic tembait'ak — to pull, to yank.
temmellyskenttä (Finnish): stamping ground
Definitions
- stamping ground
Ancestry of “temmellyskenttä”, step by step
temmellyskenttä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish temmellys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | temmellys | frolicking |
| 2 | Finnish | temmeltää | to romp, frolic; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Finnish | temmata | to snatch, grab, jerk, pull, tear; to draw |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tembait'ak | to pull, to yank |