Where does “rukouskammio” come from?

rukouskammio (Finnish) comes from Finnish kammio, from Proto-Norse skammijǭ, from Proto-Germanic skammijǭ — little house.

rukouskammio (Finnish): prayer room, prayer chamber

Definitions

  1. prayer room, prayer chamber

Ancestry of “rukouskammio”, step by step

rukouskammio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kammio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkammiochamber; cell; ventricle
2Proto-Norseskammijǭ—
3Proto-Germanicskammijǭlittle house

via Finnish rukous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrukousprayer; rogation
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Germanic skammijǭ →Every word from Proto-Norse skammijǭ →Every word from Finnish kammio →