Where does “lähdeviittaus” come from?

lähdeviittaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish viittaus, from Finnish viitata, from Finnish viitta, from Russian свита, from German Suite, from German -ier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er — he, she.

lähdeviittaus (Finnish): reference (to a source) identification of a source used in a text

Definitions

  1. reference (to a source) identification of a source used in a text

Ancestry of “lähdeviittaus”, step by step

lähdeviittaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viittaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviittausraise of hand; wave; reference
2Finnishviitatato point at/to with one's hand; to beckon, wave; to raise one's hand in order to get the floor
3Finnishviittasign; cape, cloak
4Russianсвитаsuite, escort, retinue, entourage; suite
5GermanSuitesuite hotel apartment consisting of several rooms
6German-ierA noun-forming suffix, used especially to render...
7French-ierused to form the names of trees bearing a...
8Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
9Latin-ārefirst conjugation
10Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
11Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
12Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
14Chichewaiyehe, she

via Finnish lähde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähdespring; source; source, origin
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from French -ier