Where does “nimikkolähetti” come from?
nimikkolähetti (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetti, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
nimikkolähetti (Finnish): a missionary appointed and supported by a parish
Definitions
- a missionary appointed and supported by a parish
Ancestry of “nimikkolähetti”, step by step
nimikkolähetti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lähetti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähetti | messenger, courier; orderly; errand boy |
| 2 | Finnish | lähettää | to send; to dispatch; to ship |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish nimikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nimikko | One that is named after somebody or something |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |