Where does “suruliputtaa” come from?

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

suruliputtaa (Finnish): to fly a flag at half-staff for purposes of mourning or honouring the dead

Definitions

  1. to fly a flag at half-staff for purposes of mourning or honouring the dead

Ancestry of “suruliputtaa”, step by step

suruliputtaa 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 liputtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishliputtaaTo fly a flag; To register a ship to state
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Finnish sure- →Every word from Proto-Finnic surdak →Every word from Finnish surra →