Where does “kirkollisvero” come from?

kirkollisvero (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirkollinen, 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.

kirkollisvero (Finnish): church tax

Definitions

  1. church tax

Ancestry of “kirkollisvero”, step by step

kirkollisvero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirkollinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirkollinenecclesiastical; churchy
2Finnishkirkkochurch; cathedral
3Old Saxonkirikachurch
4Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
5Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
6Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
7Proto-Hellenic*kúrioslord, master

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúriosEvery word from Ancient Greek ΚύριοςEvery word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν
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