Where does “suru-uutinen” come from?

suru-uutinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish suru, from Finnish surra, from Proto-Finnic surdak, from Finnish sure-.

suru-uutinen (Finnish): a piece of sad news, especially one reporting that a person has died

Definitions

  1. a piece of sad news, especially one reporting that a person has died

Ancestry of “suru-uutinen”, step by step

suru-uutinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsurusorrow, grief, woe; Swedish Finn
2FinnishsurraTo mourn, grieve
3Proto-Finnicsurdakto die
4Finnishsure-—

via Finnish uutinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuutinennews, news item, item of news; tiding; news;...
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Finnish sure- →Every word from Proto-Finnic surdak →Every word from Finnish surra →