Where does “runonäytelmä” come from?

runonäytelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish näytelmä, from Finnish näytellä, from Finnish näyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

runonäytelmä (Finnish): poetic play

Definitions

  1. poetic play

Ancestry of “runonäytelmä”, step by step

runonäytelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish näytelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäytelmäplay; spectacle
2Finnishnäytelläto act, play; to show
3Finnishnäyttääto show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to...
4Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish runo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrunopoem; poetry; rune
2Proto-Norseᚱᚢᚾᛟsecret, mystery; rune
3Proto-Germanicrūnōsecret, mystery; rune
4Proto-Celticrūnāsecret, mystery
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak