Where does “siviilihäät” come from?

siviilihäät (Finnish) comes from Finnish siviili, from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

siviilihäät (Finnish): civil ceremony, civil wedding non-religious marriage ceremony

Definitions

  1. civil ceremony, civil wedding non-religious marriage ceremony

Ancestry of “siviilihäät”, step by step

siviilihäät traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siviili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiviilicivilian
2Old Frenchcivil—
3Latincīvīlis—
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish häät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhäätWedding; As a former part of compound signifies...
2Middle Low Germanhægefeast, banquet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin cīvīlis →