Where does “suurlähettiläs” come from?
suurlähettiläs (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähettiläs, from Finnish lähetti, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
suurlähettiläs (Finnish): ambassador
Definitions
- ambassador
Ancestry of “suurlähettiläs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähettiläs | emissary; bishop |
| 2 | Finnish | lähetti | messenger, courier; orderly; errand boy |
| 3 | Finnish | lähettää | to send; to dispatch; to ship |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |