Where does “rukoushetki” come from?

rukoushetki (Finnish) comes from Finnish rukous, from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

rukoushetki (Finnish): prayer time set aside or meeting for praying

Definitions

  1. prayer time set aside or meeting for praying

Ancestry of “rukoushetki”, step by step

rukoushetki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rukous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrukousprayer; rogation
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

via Finnish hetki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhetkimoment; moment, minute
2Proto-Finnichetkimoment
3Proto-Uralicčäčke—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish rukous →