Where does “fuugasävelmä” come from?

fuugasävelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish fuuga, from Italian fuga, from Latin fuga, from Proto-Italic fugā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰugéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewg- — to flee; to enjoy, benefit.

fuugasävelmä (Finnish): fugue piece

Definitions

  1. fugue piece

Ancestry of “fuugasävelmä”, step by step

fuugasävelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish fuuga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfuugafugue
2Italianfugaflight, escape; leak, leakage; fugue
3Latinfugaflight, fleeing, escape; avoidance; exile
4Proto-Italicfugāflight, escape
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰugéh₂flight, escape
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewg-to flee; to enjoy, benefit

via Finnish sävelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsävelmämelody, tune
2Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰugéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic fugā →