Where does “nimipäiväonnittelu” come from?

nimipäiväonnittelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish onnittelu, from Finnish onnitella, from Finnish -tellä, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

nimipäiväonnittelu (Finnish): name day greeting, name day wishes

Definitions

  1. name day greeting, name day wishes

Ancestry of “nimipäiväonnittelu”, step by step

nimipäiväonnittelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish onnittelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnittelucongratulation
2Finnishonnitellato congratulate
3Finnish-telläFront vowel variant of -tella
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish nimipäivä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnimipäiväname day
2Finnishpäiväday; the sun
3Proto-Finnicpäiväsun; day
4Proto-Uralicpäjwä? warmth; ? sun; ? fire
5Proto-Uralicpäje—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →