Where does “jumalanpalvelus” come from?

jumalanpalvelus (Finnish) comes from Finnish palvelus, from Finnish palvella, from Finnish palvoa, from Proto-Finnic palvodak — to ask for.

jumalanpalvelus (Finnish): service, divine service, worship

Definitions

  1. service, divine service, worship

Ancestry of “jumalanpalvelus”, step by step

jumalanpalvelus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palvelus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvelusservice; favor
2Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
3Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
4Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for

via Finnish Jumala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishJumalaGod; of God

Words derived from “jumalanpalvelus”

Every word from Proto-Finnic palvodak →Every word from Finnish palvoa →Every word from Finnish palvella →