Where does “lomanviettäjä” come from?
lomanviettäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish viettäjä, from Finnish viettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
lomanviettäjä (Finnish): holidaymaker, holidayer, vacationer
Definitions
- holidaymaker, holidayer, vacationer
Ancestry of “lomanviettäjä”, step by step
lomanviettäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viettäjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viettäjä | celebrant, celebrator |
| 2 | Finnish | viettää | "viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish loma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | loma | holiday, vacation; furlough; gap |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | loma | gap |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | loma | gap |