Where does “erikoispäivä” come from?
erikoispäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish päivä, from Proto-Finnic päivä, from Proto-Uralic päjwä, from Proto-Uralic päje.
erikoispäivä (Finnish): special day e.g. a day that contains an entry in the calendar
Definitions
- special day e.g. a day that contains an entry in the calendar
Ancestry of “erikoispäivä”, step by step
erikoispäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish päivä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päivä | day; the sun |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | päivä | sun; day |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | päjwä | ? warmth; ? sun; ? fire |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | päje | — |
via Finnish erikoinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | erikoinen | Special, exceptional, out of the ordinary;... |
| 2 | Finnish | eri | different, other, another; different, separate;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *erei | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | er- | eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,... |