Where does “vetämä” come from?

vetämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

Ancestry of “vetämä”, step by step

vetämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäI
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

via Finnish vetää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvetääto pull; to lead; to blow
2Proto-Finnicvetädäkto pull
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwetä-to lead, guide, draw, pull; to lead, to guide, to...
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →