Where does “kirkkovaltuutettu” come from?
kirkkovaltuutettu (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.
kirkkovaltuutettu (Finnish): a member in the parochial council
Definitions
- a member in the parochial council
Ancestry of “kirkkovaltuutettu”, step by step
kirkkovaltuutettu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kirkko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirkko | church; cathedral |
| 2 | Old Saxon | kirika | church |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | kirikā | church |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κυριακόν | church |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Κύριος | Lord |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *kúrios | lord, master |
via Finnish valtuutettu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valtuutettu | representative; councilmember, councilman,... |
| 2 | Finnish | valtuuttaa | to authorize; to empower; to mandate |
| 3 | Finnish | valta | power, authority, rule; main, principal; country,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | valta | might, power, authority; white |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | waldą | might, power, authority |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |