Where does “laulunpätkä” come from?

laulunpätkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish laulu, from Proto-Finnic laulu, from Proto-Finnic lauladak — to sing.

laulunpätkä (Finnish): song snippet, snippet or clip of a song

Definitions

  1. song snippet, snippet or clip of a song

Ancestry of “laulunpätkä”, step by step

laulunpätkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaulusong; singing
2Proto-Finniclaulusong
3Proto-Finniclauladakto sing

via Finnish pätkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpätkäshorty, shortie; clip; snippet
Every word from Proto-Finnic lauladak →