Where does “tamàng” come from?

tamàng (Makasar) comes from Estonian -tama, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

tamàng (Makasar): to interfere with someone regarding something; to meddle

Definitions

  1. to interfere with someone regarding something; to meddle

Ancestry of “tamàng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-tamaForms causative verbs. It can be translated as...
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →Every word from Estonian -tama →