Where does “onnittelulaulu” come from?

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

onnittelulaulu (Finnish): congratulation song

Definitions

  1. congratulation song

Ancestry of “onnittelulaulu”, step by step

onnittelulaulu 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 laulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaulusong; singing
2Proto-Finniclaulusong
3Proto-Finniclauladakto sing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →