Where does “runosävelmä” come from?
runosävelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sävelmä, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
runosävelmä (Finnish): (Finnic) rune melody, (Finnic) rune song
Definitions
- (Finnic) rune melody, (Finnic) rune song
Ancestry of “runosävelmä”, step by step
runosävelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sävelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sävelmä | melody, tune |
| 2 | Finnish | -lma | Forms nouns, mostly from verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |
via Finnish runo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | runo | poem; poetry; rune |
| 2 | Proto-Norse | ᚱᚢᚾᛟ | secret, mystery; rune |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rūnō | secret, mystery; rune |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | rūnā | secret, mystery |