Where does “tunnustaja” come from?

tunnustaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunnustaa, from Finnish tunnus, from Finnish tuntea, from Proto-Finnic tuntedak, from Proto-Uralic tumte- — to know.

tunnustaja (Finnish): acceptor

Definitions

  1. acceptor

Ancestry of “tunnustaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtunnustaato confess; to plead guilty; to recognize
2Finnishtunnusmarking; insignia, emblem, seal, banner; sign,...
3Finnishtunteato feel, sense; to know, be familiar with
4Proto-Finnictuntedakto know; to feel
5Proto-Uralictumte-to know
Every word from Proto-Uralic tumte- →