Where does “sunnuntai-iltapäivä” come from?
sunnuntai-iltapäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish iltapäivä, from Finnish ilta, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
sunnuntai-iltapäivä (Finnish): Sunday afternoon
Definitions
- Sunday afternoon
Ancestry of “sunnuntai-iltapäivä”, step by step
sunnuntai-iltapäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish iltapäivä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | iltapäivä | An afternoon, roughly the period between 12 noon... |
| 2 | Finnish | ilta | evening |
| 3 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish sunnuntai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sunnuntai | Sunday |
| 2 | Old Saxon | sunnundag | Sunday |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *Sunnōn dag | — |
| 4 | Latin | dies Solis | sun's day |
| 5 | Latin | sōl | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sóh₂wl̥ | sun |