Where does “onnitteluviesti” come from?

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

onnitteluviesti (Finnish): congratulation message, congratulatory message

Definitions

  1. congratulation message, congratulatory message

Ancestry of “onnitteluviesti”, step by step

onnitteluviesti 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 viesti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviestimessage; relay, relay race; signal corps
2Russianвестьnews, piece of news, message; tidings; news;...
3Proto-Slavicvěstьmessage
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*waid-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak