Where does “raamatunlause” come from?

raamatunlause (Finnish) comes from Finnish lause, from Finnish lausua, from Proto-Finnic lausudak — to say.

raamatunlause (Finnish): Bible verse, Bible citation, Bible passage citation of an individual verse of the Bible

Definitions

  1. Bible verse, Bible citation, Bible passage citation of an individual verse of the Bible

Ancestry of “raamatunlause”, step by step

raamatunlause traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lause

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlauseclause; sentence; theorem
2Finnishlausuato say, speak, utter, pronounce; to pronounce,...
3Proto-Finniclausudakto say

via Finnish raamattu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishraamattuA bible
2Old East Slavicграмотаalphabet, writing; ability to read and write;...
3Ancient Greekγράμματαnominative/accusative/vocative plural of γράμμα
Every word from Proto-Finnic lausudak →Every word from Finnish lausua →Every word from Finnish lause →