Where does “operettisävelmä” come from?
operettisävelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish operetti, from French opérette, from French opéra, from Italian opera, from Latin opera, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός — to follow; to see; to say.
operettisävelmä (Finnish): operetta tune
Ancestry of “operettisävelmä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | operetti | operetta |
| 2 | French | opérette | operetta, light opera |
| 3 | French | opéra | opera; third-person singular past historic of... |
| 4 | Italian | opera | work; means, help, services; opus |
| 5 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 6 | Latin | Opus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |