Where does “lempisävelmä” come from?

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

lempisävelmä (Finnish): favourite tune, favourite melody, favourite composition

Definitions

  1. favourite tune, favourite melody, favourite composition

Ancestry of “lempisävelmä”, step by step

lempisävelmä 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 Lempi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLempi(erotic) love
2Finnishlempilove; love-making, sex; As a very common former...
3Proto-Finniclempi? flame,? spark,? warmth
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-