Where does “mysteerinäytelmä” come from?
mysteerinäytelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mysteeri, from Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον, from Ancient Greek μύστης, from Ancient Greek μυέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
mysteerinäytelmä (Finnish): mystery play
Definitions
- mystery play
Ancestry of “mysteerinäytelmä”, step by step
mysteerinäytelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mysteeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mysteeri | mystery |
| 2 | Latin | mystērium | mystery (secret rite or worship) |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μυστήριον | revealed secret; mystery, secret; object used in... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μύστης | one who has been initiated, initiate |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μυέω | I initiate |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
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- | — |