Where does “karnevaalipäivä” come from?

karnevaalipäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish päivä, from Proto-Finnic päivä, from Proto-Uralic päjwä, from Proto-Uralic päje.

karnevaalipäivä (Finnish): carnival day

Definitions

  1. carnival day

Ancestry of “karnevaalipäivä”, step by step

karnevaalipäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päivä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäiväday; the sun
2Proto-Finnicpäiväsun; day
3Proto-Uralicpäjwä? warmth; ? sun; ? fire
4Proto-Uralicpäje—

via Finnish karnevaali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarnevaalicarnival
2Italiancarnevalecarnival; festival in the week before Lent
3Latincarnem levāre—
Every word from Proto-Uralic päje →Every word from Proto-Uralic päjwä →Every word from Proto-Finnic päivä →