Where does “paimennäytelmä” come from?
paimennäytelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish näytelmä, from Finnish näytellä, from Finnish näyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
paimennäytelmä (Finnish): play with a pastoral theme
Definitions
- play with a pastoral theme
Ancestry of “paimennäytelmä”, step by step
paimennäytelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näytelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näytelmä | play; spectacle |
| 2 | Finnish | näytellä | to act, play; to show |
| 3 | Finnish | näyttää | to show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish paimen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paimen | A herdsman; A herd; A shepherd |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | paimen | herdsman, shepherd |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | poh₂-i-mn̥ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |