Where does “tunnussävelmä” come from?
tunnussävelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sävelmä, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
tunnussävelmä (Finnish): theme tune, theme song
Ancestry of “tunnussävelmä”, step by step
tunnussävelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sävelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sävelmä | melody, tune |
| 2 | Finnish | -lma | Forms nouns, mostly from verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |
via Finnish tunnus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tunnus | marking; insignia, emblem, seal, banner; sign,... |
| 2 | Finnish | tuntea | to feel, sense; to know, be familiar with |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tuntedak | to know; to feel |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | tumte- | to know |