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
Definitions
- wedding altar
Ancestry of “vihkialttari”, step by step
vihkialttari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish alttari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alttari | altar |
| 2 | Old Swedish | altari | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | altari | altar |
| 4 | Old Saxon | altari | — |
| 5 | Latin | altāre | altar, fitting for burnt offerings |
| 6 | Latin | adoleō | to emit an odor, smell |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Finnish vihkiä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vihkiä | To marry, wed, join in holy matrimony; To ordain... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | vīghia | to hallow, to consecrate |
| 3 | Old Norse | vígja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wīhijaną | to hallow, to consecrate |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wīhaz | sacred, holy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wiganą | to fight, to battle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |