Where does “turtumus” come from?

turtumus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

turtumus (Finnish): growing numb; numbness

Definitions

  1. growing numb; numbness

Ancestry of “turtumus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
2Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -mus
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