Where does “katulähetys” come from?
katulähetys (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetys, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
katulähetys (Finnish): street missionary work
Ancestry of “katulähetys”, step by step
katulähetys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lähetys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähetys | delivery; broadcast, transmission; evangelist... |
| 2 | Finnish | lähettää | to send; to dispatch; to ship |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish katu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | katu | street |
| 2 | Old Swedish | gata | street, road |
| 3 | Old Norse | gáta | riddle |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
Words derived from “katulähetys”