Where does “murhenäytelmä” come from?
murhenäytelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish murhe, from Proto-Finnic mureh, from Portuguese morrer, from Old Portuguese morrer, from Vulgar Latin morire, from Latin mori, from Latin morior, from Proto-Italic *moriōr — to die.
murhenäytelmä (Finnish): A tragedy
Definitions
- A tragedy
Ancestry of “murhenäytelmä”, step by step
murhenäytelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish murhe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | murhe | sorrow, grief, worry |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | mureh | sorrow, grief |
| 3 | Portuguese | morrer | to die; to die; to break down; to die to |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | morrer | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | morire | present active infinitive of *moriō |
| 6 | Latin | mori | present active infinitive of morior; dative... |
| 7 | Latin | morior | I die; I decay, wither |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *moriōr | to die |
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- | — |