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

  1. bookkeeper; scribe; scorekeeper

Ancestry of “kirjuri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjatato book, log, register; to register
2Finnishkirjabook; quire
3Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern

Words derived from “kirjuri”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kirja →Every word from Finnish kirja →Every word from Finnish kirjata →