Where does “lahjanäytäntö” come from?
lahjanäytäntö (Finnish) comes from Finnish näytäntö, from Finnish näyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
lahjanäytäntö (Finnish): benefit theatrical performance to raise funds for some cause
Definitions
- benefit theatrical performance to raise funds for some cause
Ancestry of “lahjanäytäntö”, step by step
lahjanäytäntö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näytäntö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näytäntö | performance, show |
| 2 | Finnish | näyttää | to show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to... |
| 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 Lahja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Lahja | present, gift |
| 2 | Finnish | lahja | present, gift; talent, gift |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lahja | wedding gift |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blahwjǭ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlok- | — |