Where does “pohjantervajaiset” come from?
pohjantervajaiset (Finnish) comes from Finnish tervajaiset, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
pohjantervajaiset (Finnish): The celebration held when the excavation of a tunnel or another underground structure reaches its deepest point (implying completion), in which it is ceremonially tarred (originally to protect against moisture)
Definitions
- The celebration held when the excavation of a tunnel or another underground structure reaches its deepest point (implying completion), in which it is ceremonially tarred (originally to protect against moisture)
Ancestry of “pohjantervajaiset”, step by step
pohjantervajaiset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tervajaiset
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tervajaiset | — |
| 2 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |