Where does “loppulause” come from?

loppulause (Finnish) comes from Finnish lause, from Finnish lausua, from Proto-Finnic lausudak — to say.

loppulause (Finnish): final words, closing words

Definitions

  1. final words, closing words

Ancestry of “loppulause”, step by step

loppulause traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lause

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlauseclause; sentence; theorem
2Finnishlausuato say, speak, utter, pronounce; to pronounce,...
3Proto-Finniclausudakto say

via Finnish loppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloppuend, ending, finish, conclusion; The End; the...
2Proto-Finnicloppuend, ending
3Proto-Finnicloppi(inside) corner
Every word from Proto-Finnic lausudak →Every word from Finnish lausua →Every word from Finnish lause →