Where does “tunnustuskirja” come from?
tunnustuskirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunnustus, from Finnish tunnustaa, from Finnish tunnus, from Finnish tuntea, from Proto-Finnic tuntedak, from Proto-Uralic tumte- — to know.
tunnustuskirja (Finnish): Book of Concord, one of the Lutheran Confessions
Definitions
- Book of Concord, one of the Lutheran Confessions
Ancestry of “tunnustuskirja”, step by step
tunnustuskirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tunnustus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tunnustus | confession; recognition; acknowledgement, credit |
| 2 | Finnish | tunnustaa | to confess; to plead guilty; to recognize |
| 3 | Finnish | tunnus | marking; insignia, emblem, seal, banner; sign,... |
| 4 | Finnish | tuntea | to feel, sense; to know, be familiar with |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | tuntedak | to know; to feel |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | tumte- | to know |