Where does “lähestulkoon” come from?

lähestulkoon (Finnish) comes from Finnish tulla, from Proto-Finnic tuldak, from Proto-Uralic tole-, from Hungarian -ál, from Hungarian -l, from Proto-Uralic -l.

lähestulkoon (Finnish): almost, nearly, close to

Definitions

  1. almost, nearly, close to

Ancestry of “lähestulkoon”, step by step

lähestulkoon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tulla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtullato come; to become, get, go, turn; to have to do,...
2Proto-Finnictuldakto come
3Proto-Uralictole-to come
4Hungarian-álSame as -l with the "-á-" linking vowel. Used for...
5Hungarian-lAppended to a noun, an adjective or less...
6Proto-Uralic-l

via Finnish lähes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähesalmost, nearly, close to
2Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte

Words derived from “lähestulkoon

Every word from Proto-Uralic -l
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