Where does “kalevalamitta” come from?

kalevalamitta (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kalevala, from Finnish Kaleva, from Proto-Finnic kalega.

kalevalamitta (Finnish): Kalevala meter; a trochaic meter in poetry

Definitions

  1. Kalevala meter; a trochaic meter in poetry

Ancestry of “kalevalamitta”, step by step

kalevalamitta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kalevala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKalevalaKalevala epic
2FinnishKalevaAn obscure giant in Finnish mythology
3Proto-Finnickalega—

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure

Words derived from “kalevalamitta”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kalega →Every word from Finnish Kaleva →Every word from Finnish Kalevala →