Where does “helluntaiystävä” come from?

helluntaiystävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish helluntai, from Old Swedish [[helagher.

helluntaiystävä (Finnish): a member of a (non-organized) Pentecostal movement

Definitions

  1. a member of a (non-organized) Pentecostal movement

Ancestry of “helluntaiystävä”, step by step

helluntaiystävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish helluntai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhelluntaiPentecost, Whitsun, Whitsunday
2Old Swedish[[helagher—

via Finnish ystävä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishystäväfriend
Every word from Old Swedish [[helagher →Every word from Finnish helluntai →
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