Where does “ihmesatu” come from?

ihmesatu (Finnish) comes from Finnish Satu, from Finnish satu, from Finnish sattua, from Proto-Finnic sattudak — to happen by chance.

ihmesatu (Finnish): fairy tale, a tale with magic or miracles etc

Definitions

  1. fairy tale, a tale with magic or miracles etc

Ancestry of “ihmesatu”, step by step

ihmesatu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Satu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSatufairy tale
2Finnishsatufairy tale; fable; tale
3Finnishsattuato hurt, be sore physically or mentally
4Proto-Finnicsattudakto happen by chance

via Finnish ihme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihmemiracle, wonder; strange, weird
2Proto-Finnicimehwonder, miracle
Every word from Proto-Finnic sattudak →Every word from Finnish sattua →Every word from Finnish satu →
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