Where does “rukoilu” come from?
rukoilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish rukoilla, from Finnish -illa, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
rukoilu (Finnish): praying
Ancestry of “rukoilu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | rukoilla | to pray; to pray, beg, implore, beseech |
| 2 | Finnish | -illa | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |