Where does “läksiäispuhe” come from?
läksiäispuhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhe, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
läksiäispuhe (Finnish): farewell speech
Definitions
- farewell speech
Ancestry of “läksiäispuhe”, step by step
läksiäispuhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puhe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puhe | speech; address; oration |
| 2 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 3 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 5 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 6 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish läksiäiset
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | läksiäiset | farewell party, send-off |
| 2 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |