Where does “tempoa” come from?

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

tempoa (Finnish): to tear at, tug to pull something violently and repeatedly as in an attempt to tear it apart or break loose of it

Definitions

  1. to tear at, tug to pull something violently and repeatedly as in an attempt to tear it apart or break loose of it

Ancestry of “tempoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
2Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
3Proto-Uralic-w-—

Words derived from “tempoa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -öä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →