Where does “temmonta” come from?

temmonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish tempoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

temmonta (Finnish): tearing at, yanking

Definitions

  1. tearing at, yanking

Ancestry of “temmonta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtempoato tear at, tug to pull something violently and repeatedly as in an attempt to tear it apart or break loose of it
2Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
3Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -öä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →