Where does “muuttopäivä” come from?
muuttopäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish päivä, from Proto-Finnic päivä, from Proto-Uralic päjwä, from Proto-Uralic päje.
muuttopäivä (Finnish): moving day
Ancestry of “muuttopäivä”, step by step
muuttopäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish päivä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päivä | day; the sun |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | päivä | sun; day |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | päjwä | ? warmth; ? sun; ? fire |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | päje | — |
via Finnish muutto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muutto | move, relocation; migration |
| 2 | Finnish | muuttaa | to modify, change, alter; to transform,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ellä | Front vowel variant of -ella |