Where does “näytelmäsovitus” come from?
näytelmäsovitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish näytelmä, from Finnish näytellä, from Finnish näyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
näytelmäsovitus (Finnish): a drama or theatrical play based on another work; a dramatized version of some other work
Definitions
- a drama or theatrical play based on another work; a dramatized version of some other work
Ancestry of “näytelmäsovitus”, step by step
näytelmäsovitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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- | — |
via Finnish sovitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sovitus | fitting; arrangement; atonement |
| 2 | Finnish | sovittaa | to fit, try on; to adapt; to atone for, expiate |
| 3 | Finnish | sopia | to fit; to suit, to be suitable; to comport with,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | sopidak | to fit; to suit, to be suitable |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | sopa | garment, piece of clothing; clothes |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | śopa | clothing |