Where does “muoti-iskelmä” come from?

muoti-iskelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish muoti, from Swedish mod, from English mod, from English MAD, from Middle English mad, from Old English ġemǣd, from Proto-Germanic maidijaną, from Proto-Germanic maidaz — soft, tender, dear.

muoti-iskelmä (Finnish): hit song, especially one of schlager style

Definitions

  1. hit song, especially one of schlager style

Ancestry of “muoti-iskelmä”, step by step

muoti-iskelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muoti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuotivogue, fashion; vogue, fad
2Swedishmodcourage; feeling
3EnglishmodAn unconventionally modern style of fashionable...
4EnglishMADInitialism of mutually assured destruction;...
5Middle EnglishmadMad, insane, deranged; not of sound mind;...
6Old Englishġemǣd
7Proto-Germanicmaidijanąto exchange, change
8Proto-Germanicmaidazhurt, wounded; mad, foolish; angry, enraged
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Finnish iskelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiskelmäschlager, hit song, adult pop song
2Finnishiskusävelmä
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-Every word from Proto-Germanic maidazEvery word from Proto-Germanic maidijaną