Where does “alkuliturgia” come from?
alkuliturgia (Finnish) comes from Finnish liturgia, from Latin lītūrgia, from Ancient Greek λειτουργία, from Ancient Greek λειτουργός, from Ancient Greek -ουργός, from Ancient Greek ἔργον, from Proto-Hellenic wérgon, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom — to make.
alkuliturgia (Finnish): opening liturgy short prayer or other text written to be read at the beginning of a religious ceremony or meeting
Definitions
- opening liturgy short prayer or other text written to be read at the beginning of a religious ceremony or meeting
Ancestry of “alkuliturgia”, step by step
alkuliturgia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liturgia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liturgia | liturgy |
| 2 | Latin | lītūrgia | liturgy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λειτουργία | public service; ministration |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λειτουργός | public servant; minister |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ουργός | worker, maker; work; worker, maker, craftsman |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἔργον | deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | wérgon | work |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |