Where does “virrentekijä” come from?

virrentekijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tekijä, from Proto-Finnic tekejä, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

virrentekijä (Finnish): hymnologist composer or compiler of hymns

Definitions

  1. hymnologist composer or compiler of hymns

Ancestry of “virrentekijä”, step by step

virrentekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tekijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtekijäauthor, auteur; maker; doer
2Proto-Finnictekejädoer, maker
3Estoniantegemato do
4Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
5Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish virsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirsihymn, psalm or chant
2Proto-Finnicvircisong, poem
3Proto-Finnicvirti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →
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