Where does “kulttikirja” come from?

kulttikirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kultti, from Swedish kult, from French culte, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

kulttikirja (Finnish): cult book, cult classic book

Definitions

  1. cult book, cult classic book

Ancestry of “kulttikirja”, step by step

kulttikirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kultti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkulttiA cult
2Swedishkultcult
3Frenchcultereligion; cult
4Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
5Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
7Latinquelo
8Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō