Where does “graduaalivirsi” come from?

graduaalivirsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish graduaali, from Latin graduale, from Latin gradus, from Proto-Italic graðus, from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ-.

graduaalivirsi (Finnish): gradual hymn sung after the epistle and before the gospel in a Protestant mass

Definitions

  1. gradual hymn sung after the epistle and before the gospel in a Protestant mass

Ancestry of “graduaalivirsi”, step by step

graduaalivirsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish graduaali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgraduaaligradual antiphon or responsory sung after the epistle in the Mass
2Latingradualegradual
3Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
4Proto-Italicgraðus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-—

via Finnish virsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirsihymn, psalm or chant
2Proto-Finnicvircisong, poem
3Proto-Finnicvirti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ- →