Where does “merkkitapahtuma” come from?

merkkitapahtuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish tapahtuma, from Finnish tapahtua, from Finnish -htua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from Spanish tú, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз.

merkkitapahtuma (Finnish): significant event, important event

Definitions

  1. significant event, important event

Ancestry of “merkkitapahtuma”, step by step

merkkitapahtuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tapahtuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapahtumaevent, happening, occurrence, incident; Short for...
2FinnishtapahtuaTo happen, take place, occur, come about, come up
3Finnish-htuaForms translative verbs, often emphasizing the...
4Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
5Idotuyou singular, thou
6Spanishyou; thou
7Latintuusyour
8Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
9Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
10Polishtuhere
11Polishbyćto be
12Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
13Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
14Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis

via Finnish merkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerkkimark, sign; character; symbol
2Old Swedishmærki
3Old Norsemerkiboundary
4Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtisEvery word from Proto-Slavic moťьEvery word from Finnish -tua
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