Where does “itsepalvonta” come from?

itsepalvonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish itse, from Proto-Finnic icek, from Hebrew יצחק — to laugh.

itsepalvonta (Finnish): idiolatry, autolatry, self worship

Definitions

  1. idiolatry, autolatry, self worship

Ancestry of “itsepalvonta”, step by step

itsepalvonta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitseoneself; used to emphasize the person of the head...
2Proto-Finnicicekself
3Hebrewיצחקto laugh

via Finnish palvonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvontaworship, praise, -latry
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Hebrew יצחק →Every word from Proto-Finnic icek →Every word from Finnish itse →
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