Where does “rukoushuone” come from?

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

rukoushuone (Finnish): chapel, house of prayer; a relatively small space for religious worship

Definitions

  1. chapel, house of prayer; a relatively small space for religious worship

Ancestry of “rukoushuone”, step by step

rukoushuone 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 huone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuoneroom; house; house, hall
2Proto-Finnichoonehbuilding; room
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish rukous →