Where does “tervetulopuhe” come from?
tervetulopuhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhe, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
tervetulopuhe (Finnish): welcome speech
Definitions
- welcome speech
Ancestry of “tervetulopuhe”, step by step
tervetulopuhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puhe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puhe | speech; address; oration |
| 2 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 3 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 5 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 6 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish tervetuloa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tervetuloa | welcome, great to see you, nice you could come;... |
| 2 | Finnish | tulo | coming, arrival; product; income |
| 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 | — |