Where does “namusetä” come from?

namusetä (Finnish) comes from Finnish namu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

namusetä (Finnish): kiddy fiddler

Definitions

  1. kiddy fiddler

Ancestry of “namusetä”, step by step

namusetä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish namu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnamusweet, candy
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish setä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsetäpaternal uncle, uncle; man
2Swedishskädda—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish namu →