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
- favourite tune, favourite melody, favourite composition
Ancestry of “lempisävelmä”, step by step
lempisävelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sävelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sävelmä | melody, tune |
| 2 | Finnish | -lma | Forms nouns, mostly from verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |
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 |