Where does “laulusävelmä” come from?

laulusävelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sävelmä, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

laulusävelmä (Finnish): vocal melody, song melody

Definitions

  1. vocal melody, song melody

Ancestry of “laulusävelmä”, step by step

laulusävelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sävelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsävelmämelody, tune
2Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-

via Finnish laulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaulusong; singing
2Proto-Finniclaulusong
3Proto-Finniclauladakto sing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-