Where does “jouluvirsi” come from?

jouluvirsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish virsi, from Proto-Finnic virci, from Proto-Finnic virti.

jouluvirsi (Finnish): Christmas hymn

Definitions

  1. Christmas hymn

Ancestry of “jouluvirsi”, step by step

jouluvirsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish virsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirsihymn, psalm or chant
2Proto-Finnicvircisong, poem
3Proto-Finnicvirti—

via Finnish joulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjouluChristmas; Abbreviation of joulukuu
Every word from Proto-Finnic virti →