Where does “katumuspäivä” come from?

katumuspäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish katumus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

katumuspäivä (Finnish): day of penance

Definitions

  1. day of penance

Ancestry of “katumuspäivä”, step by step

katumuspäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish katumus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatumusregret, remorse, repentance, penitence
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish päivä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäiväday; the sun
2Proto-Finnicpäiväsun; day
3Proto-Uralicpäjwä? warmth; ? sun; ? fire
4Proto-Uralicpäje
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -mus