Where does “sadutus” come from?

sadutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish saduttaa, from Finnish Satu, from Finnish satu, from Finnish sattua, from Proto-Finnic sattudak — to happen by chance.

sadutus (Finnish): encouraging (a child, etc.) to tell a story or fairytale and record it

Definitions

  1. encouraging (a child, etc.) to tell a story or fairytale and record it

Ancestry of “sadutus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaduttaato encourage a child, etc. to tell a story or fairy tale and record it
2FinnishSatufairy tale
3Finnishsatufairy tale; fable; tale
4Finnishsattuato hurt, be sore physically or mentally
5Proto-Finnicsattudakto happen by chance
Every word from Proto-Finnic sattudak →Every word from Finnish sattua →Every word from Finnish satu →