Where does “tuntematon” come from?
tuntematon (Finnish) comes from Finnish -maton, from Finnish -ton, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.
tuntematon (Finnish): unknown; anonymous; Negative participle of tuntea
Definitions
- unknown; anonymous; Negative participle of tuntea
Ancestry of “tuntematon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -maton | un- ~ -ed, etc; Forms negative adjectives... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ton | -less |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |