Where does “taistelulähetti” come from?
taistelulähetti (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetti, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
taistelulähetti (Finnish): runner soldier responsible for carrying messages during war
Definitions
- runner soldier responsible for carrying messages during war
Ancestry of “taistelulähetti”, step by step
taistelulähetti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lähetti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähetti | messenger, courier; orderly; errand boy |
| 2 | Finnish | lähettää | to send; to dispatch; to ship |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish taistelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taistelu | fight; struggle; battle |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |