Where does “velvollisuusvierailu” come from?
velvollisuusvierailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vierailu, from Finnish vierailla, from Finnish vieras, from Proto-Finnic veeras, from Proto-Finnic veeri, from Proto-Finno-Permic wäre.
velvollisuusvierailu (Finnish): a visit that is not voluntary, but only done because one has or feels the responsibility to do it
Definitions
- a visit that is not voluntary, but only done because one has or feels the responsibility to do it
Ancestry of “velvollisuusvierailu”, step by step
velvollisuusvierailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vierailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vierailu | visitation, call |
| 2 | Finnish | vierailla | To visit |
| 3 | Finnish | vieras | unfamiliar; foreign; guest, visitor |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | veeras | guest, visitor; stranger; strange, foreign,... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | veeri | side, flank; edge |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Permic | wäre | — |
via Finnish velvollisuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | velvollisuus | responsibility; duty; obligation |
| 2 | Finnish | velvollinen | bound, obliged, liable |
| 3 | Finnish | -llinen | Forms adjectives that indicate time; Forms... |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |