Where does “sävelmä” come from?

sävelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

sävelmä (Finnish): melody, tune

Definitions

  1. melody, tune

Ancestry of “sävelmä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
2Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
3Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
4Proto-Uralic-le-—

Words derived from “sävelmä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -lma →Every word from Finnish -ella →