Where does “lähetyskäsky” come from?

lähetyskäsky (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetys, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

lähetyskäsky (Finnish): Great Commission instruction of the resurrected Jesus Christ to his disciples to spread the gospel to all the nations of the world

Definitions

  1. Great Commission instruction of the resurrected Jesus Christ to his disciples to spread the gospel to all the nations of the world

Ancestry of “lähetyskäsky”, step by step

lähetyskäsky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lähetys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähetysdelivery; broadcast, transmission; evangelist...
2Finnishlähettääto send; to dispatch; to ship
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish käsky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkäskyAn order, command, commandment, dictation,...
2Finnishkäskeäto order, tell; to command; to request, ask for,...
3Proto-Finnickäskedäkto tell, to command
4Proto-Uralickäske-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →