Where does “pappiskokelas” come from?

pappiskokelas (Finnish) comes from Finnish kokelas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

pappiskokelas (Finnish): candidate for priesthood, ordinand

Definitions

  1. candidate for priesthood, ordinand

Ancestry of “pappiskokelas”, step by step

pappiskokelas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kokelas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokelascandidate; cadet; prospect
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish pappi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpappipriest
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pappi—
3Old East Slavicпопъpriest
4Ancient Greekπάπαςbishop, patriarch; father
5Ancient Greekπάππαςdaddy, papa; papa, daddy; father
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →