Where does “virsisävelmä” come from?
virsisävelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sävelmä, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
virsisävelmä (Finnish): hymn tune
Ancestry of “virsisävelmä”, step by step
virsisävelmä 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 virsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | virsi | hymn, psalm or chant |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | virci | song, poem |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | virti | — |