Where does “uhrialttari” come from?

uhrialttari (Finnish) comes from Finnish uhri, from Swedish offer, from Old Norse offr, from Middle Low German offer, from Latin offerō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

uhrialttari (Finnish): sacrificial altar

Definitions

  1. sacrificial altar

Ancestry of “uhrialttari”, step by step

uhrialttari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uhri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhrivictim, mark, stiff, pigeon, patsy; sacrifice,...
2Swedishoffersacrifice; victim
3Old Norseoffran offering
4Middle Low Germanoffer
5Latinofferōto bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose
6Latinob-towards; against
7Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
8Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
9Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
10Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
12Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

via Finnish alttari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalttarialtar
2Old Swedishaltari
3Old Norsealtarialtar
4Old Saxonaltari
5Latinaltārealtar, fitting for burnt offerings
6Latinadoleōto emit an odor, smell
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-Every word from Latin ob-Every word from Latin offerō