Where does “songfestival” come from?
songfestival (Dutch) comes from Dutch festival, from English festival, from Old French festival, from Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
songfestival (Dutch): song contest
Ancestry of “songfestival”, step by step