Where does “mysteeriuskonto” come from?
mysteeriuskonto (Finnish) comes from Finnish mysteeri, from Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον, from Ancient Greek μύστης, from Ancient Greek μυέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
mysteeriuskonto (Finnish): mystery religion
Definitions
- mystery religion
Ancestry of “mysteeriuskonto”, step by step
mysteeriuskonto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mysteeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mysteeri | mystery |
| 2 | Latin | mystērium | mystery (secret rite or worship) |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μυστήριον | revealed secret; mystery, secret; object used in... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μύστης | one who has been initiated, initiate |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μυέω | I initiate |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Finnish uskonto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uskonto | religion |
| 2 | Finnish | uskoa | to believe, have faith someone's abilities, chances etc.; someone's existence; the power, value etc. of something; the existence of something |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | uskodak | to believe; to have faith |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wunskijaną | to wish, to desire |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wunskaz | wish |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wun- | — |