Where does “vaellusvietti” come from?
vaellusvietti (Finnish) comes from Finnish vietti, from Finnish viettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
vaellusvietti (Finnish): nomadic spirit, nomadic tendency
Definitions
- nomadic spirit, nomadic tendency
Ancestry of “vaellusvietti”, step by step
vaellusvietti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vietti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vietti | instinct; urge; drive |
| 2 | Finnish | viettää | "viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;... |
| 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 vaellus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaellus | hike; peregrination; migration |
| 2 | Finnish | vaeltaa | To wander, roam, travel, trek, ramble; to hike;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -eltaa | Variant of -ltaa |