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Where does “onnittelutilaisuus” come from?

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

onnittelutilaisuus (Finnish): congratulation event

Definitions

  1. congratulation event

Ancestry of “onnittelutilaisuus”, step by step

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-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →