Where does “hääitku” come from?

hääitku (Finnish) comes from Finnish itku, from Proto-Finnic itku — cry.

hääitku (Finnish): (traditional) wedding lament/dirge (itkuvirsi)

Definitions

  1. (traditional) wedding lament/dirge (itkuvirsi)

Ancestry of “hääitku”, step by step

hääitku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitkucry, crying
2Proto-Finnicitkucry

via Finnish häät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhäätWedding; As a former part of compound signifies...
2Middle Low Germanhægefeast, banquet
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