Where does “jännityskertomus” come from?

jännityskertomus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kertomus, from Finnish kertoa, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.

jännityskertomus (Finnish): thriller

Definitions

  1. thriller

Ancestry of “jännityskertomus”, step by step

jännityskertomus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kertomus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkertomusstory, narrative, report
2Finnishkertoato tell; to multiply; to have it
3Finnishkertatime, occasion; time; times; also once, when the...
4Proto-Finnickertatime
5Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
6Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

via Finnish jännitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjännitysexcitement; suspension; tension
2Finnishjännittääto tense; to tension; to flex
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kert-Every word from Proto-Finnic kerta