Where does “kanttori-urkuri” come from?
kanttori-urkuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanttori, from Swedish kantor, from Latin cantor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
kanttori-urkuri (Finnish): cantor-organist
Definitions
- cantor-organist
Ancestry of “kanttori-urkuri”, step by step
kanttori-urkuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kanttori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kanttori | cantor |
| 2 | Swedish | kantor | a cantor (church musician) |
| 3 | Latin | cantor | singer; player; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |