Where does “vihkialttari” come from?
vihkialttari (Finnish) comes from Finnish alttari, from Old Swedish altari, from Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Latin altāre, from Latin adoleō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
vihkialttari (Finnish): wedding altar
Ancestry of “vihkialttari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | alttari | altar |
| 2 | Old Swedish | altari | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | altari | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | altari | — |
| 5 | Latin | altāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | adoleō | — |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |