Where does “rukouskirja” come from?
rukouskirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish rukous, from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us.
rukouskirja (Finnish): A breviary, prayer book
Ancestry of “rukouskirja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | rukous | prayer; rogation |
| 2 | Finnish | -us | Forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -us | — |