Where does “lähetysseura” come from?
lähetysseura (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetys, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
lähetysseura (Finnish): missionary society, mission society
Definitions
- missionary society, mission society
Ancestry of “lähetysseura”, step by step
lähetysseura 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 seura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | seura | company; society; club, especially a... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sepra | friend; friendship, companionship |