Where does “tunnontuska” come from?

tunnontuska (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunto, from Finnish tuntea, from Proto-Finnic tuntedak, from Proto-Uralic tumte- — to know.

tunnontuska (Finnish): repentance, remorse

Definitions

  1. repentance, remorse

Ancestry of “tunnontuska”, step by step

tunnontuska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tunto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntotouch; feeling, sensation
2Finnishtunteato feel, sense; to know, be familiar with
3Proto-Finnictuntedakto know; to feel
4Proto-Uralictumte-to know

via Finnish tuska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuskapain, distress, agony, suffering
2Old East Slavicтъска—
Every word from Proto-Uralic tumte- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuntedak →Every word from Finnish tuntea →