Where does “sapatinvietto” come from?
sapatinvietto (Finnish) comes from Finnish vietto, from Finnish viettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
sapatinvietto (Finnish): Sabbath-keeping
Definitions
- Sabbath-keeping
Ancestry of “sapatinvietto”, step by step
sapatinvietto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vietto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vietto | celebration; something on which time is spent;... |
| 2 | Finnish | viettää | "viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish sapatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sapatti | Sabbath; sabbatical |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सपत्नी | a co-wife, another wife of one’s husband; a wife... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sapátniH | co-wife |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥pótnih₂ | co-wife |