Where does “lukunäytelmä” come from?
lukunäytelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish näytelmä, from Finnish näytellä, from Finnish näyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
lukunäytelmä (Finnish): a play meant to be read; closet drama
Definitions
- a play meant to be read; closet drama
Ancestry of “lukunäytelmä”, step by step
lukunäytelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näytelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näytelmä | play; spectacle |
| 2 | Finnish | näytellä | to act, play; to show |
| 3 | Finnish | näyttää | to show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |