Where does “lähetyspappi” come from?
lähetyspappi (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetys, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
lähetyspappi (Finnish): missionary priest
Ancestry of “lähetyspappi”, step by step
lähetyspappi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lähetys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähetys | delivery; broadcast, transmission; evangelist... |
| 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 pappi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pappi | priest |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *pappi | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | попъ | priest |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πάπας | bishop, patriarch; father |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πάππας | daddy, papa; papa, daddy; father |