Where does “satusetä” come from?

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

satusetä (Finnish): (male) fabulist

Definitions

  1. (male) fabulist

Ancestry of “satusetä”, step by step

satusetä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Satu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSatufairy tale
2Finnishsatufairy tale; fable; tale
3Finnishsattuato hurt, be sore physically or mentally
4Proto-Finnicsattudakto happen by chance

via Finnish setä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsetäpaternal uncle, uncle; man
2Swedishskädda—
Every word from Proto-Finnic sattudak →Every word from Finnish sattua →Every word from Finnish satu →