Where does “lemmenluritus” come from?
lemmenluritus (Finnish) comes from Finnish luritus, from Finnish lurittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
lemmenluritus (Finnish): love ballad
Ancestry of “lemmenluritus”, step by step
lemmenluritus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish luritus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luritus | — |
| 2 | Finnish | lurittaa | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
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 |