Where does “lounastunti” come from?

lounastunti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunti, from Old Swedish stund.

lounastunti (Finnish): lunch hour

Definitions

  1. lunch hour

Ancestry of “lounastunti”, step by step

lounastunti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tunti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntihour; lesson, class
2Old Swedishstund—

via Finnish lounas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlounassouthwest; lunch
2Proto-Finniclounas—
Every word from Old Swedish stund →Every word from Finnish tunti →