Where does “mottolause” come from?

mottolause (Finnish) comes from Finnish motto, from Italian motto, from Latin muttum, from Latin muttire — present active infinitive of muttiō; mutter, make...

Ancestry of “mottolause”, step by step

mottolause traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish motto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmottoA motto
2Italianmottowitty remark; motto, maxim; posy
3LatinmuttumA mutter, a grunt
4Latinmuttirepresent active infinitive of muttiō; mutter, make...

via Finnish lause

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlauseclause; sentence; theorem
2Finnishlausuato say, speak, utter, pronounce; to pronounce,...
3Proto-Finniclausudakto say
Every word from Latin muttire →Every word from Latin muttum →Every word from Italian motto →