Where does “illanvietto” come from?
illanvietto (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilta, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
illanvietto (Finnish): social evening
Definitions
- social evening
Ancestry of “illanvietto”, step by step
illanvietto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ilta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilta | evening |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish vietto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vietto | celebration; something on which time is spent;... |
| 2 | Finnish | viettää | "viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |