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
Ancestry of “onnittelulaulu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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- | — |