Where does “temmeltää” come from?

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

temmeltää (Finnish): to romp, frolic; Third-person singular indicative...

Definitions

  1. to romp, frolic; Third-person singular indicative...

Ancestry of “temmeltää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtemmatato snatch, grab, jerk, pull, tear; to draw
2Proto-Finnictembait'akto pull, to yank

Words derived from “temmeltää”

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