Where does “kirkkomuusikko” come from?

kirkkomuusikko (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.

kirkkomuusikko (Finnish): church musician

Definitions

  1. church musician

Ancestry of “kirkkomuusikko”, step by step

kirkkomuusikko 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 muusikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuusikkomusician
2Finnishmusiikkimusic
3Swedishmusikmusic
4Latinmūsica—
5Ancient Greekμουσικήnominative feminine singular of μουσικός; any of...
6Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →