Where does “loppukevennys” come from?

loppukevennys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kevennys, from Finnish keventää, from Finnish keveä, from Proto-Finnic kepedä, from Proto-Uralic kepä — light, of little weight.

loppukevennys (Finnish): final relief, comic relief at the end of something

Definitions

  1. final relief, comic relief at the end of something

Ancestry of “loppukevennys”, step by step

loppukevennys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kevennys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevennyslightening; comic relief; icebreaker
2Finnishkeventääto lighten; to cut, reduce; to post
3Finnishkeveälightweight
4Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
5Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

via Finnish loppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloppuend, ending, finish, conclusion; The End; the...
2Proto-Finnicloppuend, ending
3Proto-Finnicloppi(inside) corner
Every word from Proto-Uralic kepäEvery word from Proto-Finnic kepedäEvery word from Finnish keveä