Where does “tilantuntu” come from?
tilantuntu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
tilantuntu (Finnish): sense of space
Ancestry of “tilantuntu”, step by step
tilantuntu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tila | state; condition; Short for maatila |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish tuntu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuntu | feel, feeling, sensation; texture |
| 2 | Finnish | tuntea | to feel, sense; to know, be familiar with |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tuntedak | to know; to feel |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | tumte- | to know |