Where does “kappeliseurakunta” come from?
kappeliseurakunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kappeli, from Swedish kapell, from Old Swedish cappell, from Medieval Latin cappella, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
kappeliseurakunta (Finnish): chapel parish, chapel congregation
Definitions
- chapel parish, chapel congregation
Ancestry of “kappeliseurakunta”, step by step
kappeliseurakunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kappeli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kappeli | chapel |
| 2 | Swedish | kapell | a chapel |
| 3 | Old Swedish | cappell | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | cappella | — |
| 5 | Latin | cāppa | cape, cloak |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Finnish seurakunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | seurakunta | A parish; A congregation, parish; Any group of... |
| 2 | Finnish | kunta | municipality, commune; local political division;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kunta | community; group of people |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kunta | — |