Where does “kirkkokolehti” come from?

kirkkokolehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirkko, from Old Saxon kirika, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios — lord, master.

kirkkokolehti (Finnish): church offering, church collection

Definitions

  1. church offering, church collection

Ancestry of “kirkkokolehti”, step by step

kirkkokolehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirkko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirkkochurch; cathedral
2Old Saxonkirikachurch
3Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
4Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
5Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
6Proto-Hellenic*kúrioslord, master

via Finnish kolehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolehtioffering, collection; an improvised collection of...
2Swedishkollektcollection of money at a religious service
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →