Where does “myötäjäislahja” come from?

myötäjäislahja (Finnish) comes from Finnish myötäjäiset, from Finnish myötä, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

myötäjäislahja (Finnish): dowry present given by the bride or her family to the groom at the time of marriage

Definitions

  1. dowry present given by the bride or her family to the groom at the time of marriage

Ancestry of “myötäjäislahja”, step by step

myötäjäislahja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myötäjäiset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyötäjäisetdowry; Nominative plural form of myötäjäinen
2Finnishmyötäfor; along
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish Lahja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLahjapresent, gift
2Finnishlahjapresent, gift; talent, gift
3Proto-Finniclahjawedding gift
4Proto-Germanicblahwjǭ
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlok-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -täEvery word from Finnish -taEvery word from Finnish myötä