Where does “siirtymäriitti” come from?
siirtymäriitti (Finnish) comes from Finnish siirtymä, from Finnish siirtyä, from Finnish siirtää, from Proto-Finnic siirtädäk — to move, to transfer.
siirtymäriitti (Finnish): rite of passage
Ancestry of “siirtymäriitti”, step by step
siirtymäriitti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish siirtymä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siirtymä | transition; displacement |
| 2 | Finnish | siirtyä | to move |
| 3 | Finnish | siirtää | to move, transfer; to transfer; to reschedule,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | siirtädäk | to move, to transfer |
via Finnish riitti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | riitti | rite; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Swedish | rit | rite |
| 3 | Latin | ritus | rite, ceremony; habit, custom, usage |