Where does “puhuttelusana” come from?
puhuttelusana (Finnish) comes from Finnish sana, from Finnish luokka, from Finnish luokki, from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European lenk- — to bend.
puhuttelusana (Finnish): term of address
Definitions
- term of address
Ancestry of “puhuttelusana”, step by step
puhuttelusana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sana | word; Word, Scripture; lesson |
| 2 | Finnish | luokka | class; class, social class; grade |
| 3 | Finnish | luokki | shaft bow |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | lǫkъ | bow |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *lankás | bow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lenk- | to bend |
via Finnish puhuttelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puhuttelu | accosting, speaking, addressing |
| 2 | Finnish | puhutella | to accost to speak to first, to address, to speak to, to address |
| 3 | Finnish | puhuttaa | to be discussed, to get people talking |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |