Where does “sapattipäivä” come from?

sapattipäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish päivä, from Proto-Finnic päivä, from Proto-Uralic päjwä, from Proto-Uralic päje.

sapattipäivä (Finnish): Sabbath-day

Definitions

  1. Sabbath-day

Ancestry of “sapattipäivä”, step by step

sapattipäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päivä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäiväday; the sun
2Proto-Finnicpäiväsun; day
3Proto-Uralicpäjwä? warmth; ? sun; ? fire
4Proto-Uralicpäje—

via Finnish sapatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsapattiSabbath; sabbatical
2Sanskritसपत्नीa co-wife, another wife of one’s husband; a wife...
3Proto-Indo-IraniansapátniHco-wife
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥pótnih₂co-wife
Every word from Proto-Uralic päje →Every word from Proto-Uralic päjwä →Every word from Proto-Finnic päivä →