Where does “kiistakirja” come from?

kiistakirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirja, from Proto-Finnic kirja — decoration, carving, pattern.

kiistakirja (Finnish): polemic book, polemic writing

Definitions

  1. polemic book, polemic writing

Ancestry of “kiistakirja”, step by step

kiistakirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern

via Finnish kiista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiistadispute, disagreement; quarrel
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