Where does “valitusvirsi” come from?
valitusvirsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish valitus, from Finnish välittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
valitusvirsi (Finnish): jeremiad; lament, lamentation, dirge
Definitions
- jeremiad; lament, lamentation, dirge
Ancestry of “valitusvirsi”, step by step
valitusvirsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valitus | moan, groan, wailing, lament; complaint, whining;... |
| 2 | Finnish | välittää | to transmit, convey, forward, pass on; to supply,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |