Where does “miekkalähetys” come from?

miekkalähetys (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetys, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

miekkalähetys (Finnish): forced conversion, spreading a religion or faith by conquest

Definitions

  1. forced conversion, spreading a religion or faith by conquest

Ancestry of “miekkalähetys”, step by step

miekkalähetys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lähetys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähetysdelivery; broadcast, transmission; evangelist...
2Finnishlähettääto send; to dispatch; to ship
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish miekka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiekkasword
2Proto-Finnicmeekkasword
3Proto-Germanicmēkijazsword
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →