Where does “etsintäpalvelu” come from?
etsintäpalvelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish palvelu, from Finnish palvella, from Finnish palvoa, from Proto-Finnic palvodak — to ask for.
etsintäpalvelu (Finnish): discovery service, search service
Definitions
- discovery service, search service
Ancestry of “etsintäpalvelu”, step by step
etsintäpalvelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish palvelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | palvelu | service |
| 2 | Finnish | palvella | to serve; Adessive singular form of palvi |
| 3 | Finnish | palvoa | to worship; to love ardently |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | palvodak | to ask for |
via Finnish etsintä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | etsintä | search; Partitive singular form of etsin |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntä | Front vowel variant of -nta; API |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | Forms action nouns from verbs |