Where does “adventtisunnuntai” come from?
adventtisunnuntai (Finnish) comes from Finnish adventti, from Swedish advent, from Old Swedish advent, from Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
adventtisunnuntai (Finnish): Advent Sunday the first Sunday of Advent, i.e. the fourth Sunday before Christmas
Definitions
- Advent Sunday the first Sunday of Advent, i.e. the fourth Sunday before Christmas
Ancestry of “adventtisunnuntai”, step by step
adventtisunnuntai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish adventti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | adventti | Advent |
| 2 | Swedish | advent | Advent |
| 3 | Old Swedish | advent | — |
| 4 | Latin | adventus | arrival, approach, advent; Advent |
| 5 | Latin | adveniō | to come to, to arrive |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Finnish sunnuntai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sunnuntai | Sunday |
| 2 | Old Saxon | sunnundag | Sunday |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *Sunnōn dag | — |
| 4 | Latin | dies Solis | sun's day |
| 5 | Latin | sōl | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sóh₂wl̥ | sun |