Where does “ilmestyskirja” come from?

ilmestyskirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmestys, from Finnish ilmestyä, from Finnish ilmetä, from Finnish ilmi, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i — oblique plural.

ilmestyskirja (Finnish): Revelation last book of the Bible

Definitions

  1. Revelation last book of the Bible

Ancestry of “ilmestyskirja”, step by step

ilmestyskirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ilmestys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishilmestysVision, apparition, manifestation; Phenomenon,...
2Finnishilmestyäto appear, show up, materialize, pop up; to show...
3FinnishilmetäTo appear, turn out; to become apparent; to arise
4Finnishilmipublic, known, to the daylight, to the open;...
5FinnishIlmaair
6Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
7Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
8Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
9Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ri
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