Where does “tervetuliaisjuhla” come from?
tervetuliaisjuhla (Finnish) comes from Finnish tervetuliainen, from Finnish tuliainen, from Finnish tulla, from Proto-Finnic tuldak, from Proto-Uralic tole-, from Hungarian -ál, from Hungarian -l, from Proto-Uralic -l.
tervetuliaisjuhla (Finnish): welcoming party, welcome party
Definitions
- welcoming party, welcome party
Ancestry of “tervetuliaisjuhla”, step by step
tervetuliaisjuhla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tervetuliainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tervetuliainen | welcome party, welcoming event |
| 2 | Finnish | tuliainen | homecoming gift present brought home when returning from travel |
| 3 | Finnish | tulla | to come; to become, get, go, turn; to have to do,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tuldak | to come |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | tole- | to come |
| 6 | Hungarian | -ál | Same as -l with the "-á-" linking vowel. Used for... |
| 7 | Hungarian | -l | Appended to a noun, an adjective or less... |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | -l | — |