Where does “unilukkari” come from?
unilukkari (Finnish) comes from Finnish lukkari, from Finnish lukujärjestys, from Finnish luku, from Proto-Finnic luku, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
unilukkari (Finnish): a church officer who would wake up sleeping people
Definitions
- a church officer who would wake up sleeping people
Ancestry of “unilukkari”, step by step
unilukkari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lukkari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lukkari | A church officer, similar to a sexton; pitcher;... |
| 2 | Finnish | lukujärjestys | school timetable |
| 3 | Finnish | luku | number, count, quantity; chapter; reading |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | luku | number, quantity |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |