Where does “kalevalasävelmä” come from?

kalevalasävelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sävelmä, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

kalevalasävelmä (Finnish): The "Kalevala melody"; a melody, possibly dating from the Proto-Finnic era, associated with (sung) Finnic folk poetry

Definitions

  1. The "Kalevala melody"; a melody, possibly dating from the Proto-Finnic era, associated with (sung) Finnic folk poetry

Ancestry of “kalevalasävelmä”, step by step

kalevalasävelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sävelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsävelmämelody, tune
2Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—

via Finnish Kalevala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKalevalaKalevala epic
2FinnishKalevaAn obscure giant in Finnish mythology
3Proto-Finnickalega—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -lma →Every word from Finnish -ella →