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Where does “temmeltää” come from?

temmeltää (Finnish) comes from Finnish temmata, from Proto-Finnic tembait'ak.

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'ak—

Words derived from “temmeltää”

  • temmellys
  • temmeltää
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