Where does “lähetekirje” come from?
lähetekirje (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähete, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
lähetekirje (Finnish): covering letter, cover letter
Definitions
- covering letter, cover letter
Ancestry of “lähetekirje”, step by step
lähetekirje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lähete
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähete | referral; Synonym of lähetys |
| 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 kirje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirje | letter |
| 2 | Finnish | kirja | book; quire |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kirja | decoration, carving, pattern |