Where does “kansannäytelmä” come from?
kansannäytelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa, from Proto-Finnic kansa, from Proto-Germanic hansō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱómsōd, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kansannäytelmä (Finnish): folk play
Definitions
- folk play
Ancestry of “kansannäytelmä”, step by step
kansannäytelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish känsä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | känsä | callus |
| 2 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 3 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 4 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Finnish näytelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näytelmä | play; spectacle |
| 2 | Finnish | näytellä | to act, play; to show |
| 3 | Finnish | näyttää | to show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |