Where does “istuntopäivä” come from?
istuntopäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish istunto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
istuntopäivä (Finnish): A judicial day
Ancestry of “istuntopäivä”, step by step
istuntopäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish istunto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | istunto | meeting, sitting, session; session; sit |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntö | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -mö | Front vowel variant of -mo |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish päivä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päivä | day; the sun |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | päivä | sun; day |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | päjwä | ? warmth; ? sun; ? fire |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | päje | — |