Where does “syntymälahja” come from?

syntymälahja (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lahja, from Finnish lahja, from Proto-Finnic lahja, from Proto-Germanic blahwjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlok-.

syntymälahja (Finnish): accident of birth desirable fact, situation, or personal characteristic resulting from the circumstances into which a person was born

Definitions

  1. accident of birth desirable fact, situation, or personal characteristic resulting from the circumstances into which a person was born

Ancestry of “syntymälahja”, step by step

syntymälahja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lahja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLahjapresent, gift
2Finnishlahjapresent, gift; talent, gift
3Proto-Finniclahjawedding gift
4Proto-Germanicblahwjǭ
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlok-

via Finnish syntymä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyntymäbirth
2Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlok-Every word from Proto-Germanic blahwjǭEvery word from Proto-Finnic lahja
syntymälahja — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer