Where does “urkukappale” come from?

urkukappale (Finnish) comes from Finnish urut, from Old Swedish orghor.

urkukappale (Finnish): organ piece, a piece of music composed for the organ

Definitions

  1. organ piece, a piece of music composed for the organ

Ancestry of “urkukappale”, step by step

urkukappale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish urut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishurutorgan
2Old Swedishorghor—

via Finnish kappale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkappaleobject; piece; track, song
2Proto-Finnickapalehpiece
Every word from Old Swedish orghor →