Where does “lemmenkohtaus” come from?
lemmenkohtaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohtaus, from Finnish kohdata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
lemmenkohtaus (Finnish): love scene, sex scene
Ancestry of “lemmenkohtaus”, step by step
lemmenkohtaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kohtaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kohtaus | fit; attack; seizure; fit, spell; fit, frenzy |
| 2 | Finnish | kohdata | to meet with, encounter; to undergo, experience,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish Lempi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Lempi | (erotic) love |
| 2 | Finnish | lempi | love; love-making, sex; As a very common former... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lempi | ? flame,? spark,? warmth |