Where does “päättäjäisjumalanpalvelus” come from?

päättäjäisjumalanpalvelus (Finnish) comes from Finnish jumalanpalvelus, from Finnish palvelus, from Finnish palvella, from Finnish palvoa, from Proto-Finnic palvodak — to ask for.

päättäjäisjumalanpalvelus (Finnish): a church service during the closing or conclusion of an event

Definitions

  1. a church service during the closing or conclusion of an event

Ancestry of “päättäjäisjumalanpalvelus”, step by step

päättäjäisjumalanpalvelus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jumalanpalvelus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjumalanpalvelusservice, divine service, worship
2Finnishpalvelusservice; favor
3Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
4Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
5Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for

via Finnish päättäjäiset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäättäjäisetclosing ceremony
2Finnishpäättääto end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close
3Finnishpäähead; end, tip
4Proto-Finnicpäähead
5Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Finnic palvodakEvery word from Finnish palvoaEvery word from Finnish palvella