Where does “meelelahutus” come from?

meelelahutus (Estonian) comes from Estonian meel, from Proto-Finno-Permic mäle.

meelelahutus (Estonian): entertainment

Definitions

  1. entertainment

Ancestry of “meelelahutus”, step by step

meelelahutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian meel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmeelsense; emotion, feeling; opinion, idea
2Proto-Finno-Permicmäle—

via Estonian lahutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlahutus—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic mäle →Every word from Estonian meel →
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