Where does “tenttiä” come from?

tenttiä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

tenttiä (Finnish): to take an examination (in), especially in a university

Definitions

  1. to take an examination (in), especially in a university

Ancestry of “tenttiä”, step by step

tenttiä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish tentti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtenttiexamination; Third-person singular indicative...
2Swedishtentamenan examination
3Latintentamenan attempt; a literary attempt: an essay
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “tenttiä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →