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Where does “tuntua” come from?

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

tuntua (Finnish): to feel; to seem to, to appear to; Partitive...

Definitions

  1. to feel; to seem to, to appear to; Partitive...

Ancestry of “tuntua”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tuntua”

  • näppituntuma
  • tuntuma
  • mututuntuma
Every word from Proto-Uralic tumte- →