Where does “kalevalamittainen” come from?

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

kalevalamittainen (Finnish): in the Kalevala meter

Definitions

  1. in the Kalevala meter

Ancestry of “kalevalamittainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkalevalamittaKalevala meter; a trochaic meter in poetry
2FinnishKalevalaKalevala epic
3FinnishKalevaAn obscure giant in Finnish mythology
4Proto-Finnickalega—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kalega →Every word from Finnish Kaleva →Every word from Finnish Kalevala →