Where does “kirjallisuuspalkinto” come from?

kirjallisuuspalkinto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjallisuus, from Finnish kirjallinen, from Finnish -llinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

kirjallisuuspalkinto (Finnish): literature prize, literary prize, literature award, literary award

Definitions

  1. literature prize, literary prize, literature award, literary award

Ancestry of “kirjallisuuspalkinto”, step by step

kirjallisuuspalkinto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirjallisuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjallisuusliterature
2Finnishkirjallinenwritten; literary
3Finnish-llinenForms adjectives that indicate time; Forms...
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish palkinto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkintoprize, award
2Finnish-ntö—
3Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -llinen →