Where does “onnittelukäynti” come from?
onnittelukäynti (Finnish) comes from Finnish onnittelu, from Finnish onnitella, from Finnish -tellä, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
onnittelukäynti (Finnish): congratulation visit
Definitions
- congratulation visit
Ancestry of “onnittelukäynti”, step by step
onnittelukäynti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish onnittelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | onnittelu | congratulation |
| 2 | Finnish | onnitella | to congratulate |
| 3 | Finnish | -tellä | Front vowel variant of -tella |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish käynti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käynti | A gait or walk of a human; The gait or walk of a... |
| 2 | Finnish | käydä | to visit, go to (and return), attend (a place) |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | käüdäk | to walk, to go |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | käwe- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *skēwijaną | to go |