Where does “tuntokeränen” come from?
tuntokeränen (Finnish) comes from Finnish keränen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
tuntokeränen (Finnish): tactile corpuscle
Ancestry of “tuntokeränen”, step by step
tuntokeränen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keränen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keränen | corpuscle |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish tunto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tunto | touch; feeling, sensation |
| 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 |