Where does “omaistenpäivä” come from?

omaistenpäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish päivä, from Proto-Finnic päivä, from Proto-Uralic päjwä, from Proto-Uralic päje.

omaistenpäivä (Finnish): a day when relatives are allowed to visit (someone carrying out military service, in a nursing home, etc.)

Definitions

  1. a day when relatives are allowed to visit (someone carrying out military service, in a nursing home, etc.)

Ancestry of “omaistenpäivä”, step by step

omaistenpäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päivä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäiväday; the sun
2Proto-Finnicpäiväsun; day
3Proto-Uralicpäjwä? warmth; ? sun; ? fire
4Proto-Uralicpäje—

via Finnish omainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishomainenclose relative/relation; the family; "genitive +...
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Uralic päje →Every word from Proto-Uralic päjwä →Every word from Proto-Finnic päivä →