Where does “uutiskirje” come from?
uutiskirje (Finnish) comes from Finnish uutinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
uutiskirje (Finnish): newsletter
Ancestry of “uutiskirje”, step by step
uutiskirje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish uutinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uutinen | news, news item, item of news; tiding; news;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish kirje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirje | letter |
| 2 | Finnish | kirja | book; quire |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kirja | decoration, carving, pattern |