Where does “luonnenäytelmä” come from?
luonnenäytelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish näytelmä, from Finnish näytellä, from Finnish näyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
luonnenäytelmä (Finnish): character drama genre of drama in which the focus is in the characters and not so much in the plot
Definitions
- character drama genre of drama in which the focus is in the characters and not so much in the plot
Ancestry of “luonnenäytelmä”, step by step
luonnenäytelmä 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- | — |