Where does “kirjuri” come from?
kirjuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjata, from Finnish kirja, from Proto-Finnic kirja — decoration, carving, pattern.
kirjuri (Finnish): bookkeeper; scribe; scorekeeper
Definitions
- bookkeeper; scribe; scorekeeper
Ancestry of “kirjuri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjata | to book, log, register; to register |
| 2 | Finnish | kirja | book; quire |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kirja | decoration, carving, pattern |