Where does “virsikantele” come from?

virsikantele (Finnish) comes from Finnish virsi, from Proto-Finnic virci, from Proto-Finnic virti.

virsikantele (Finnish): a type of kantele with only one string

Definitions

  1. a type of kantele with only one string

Ancestry of “virsikantele”, step by step

virsikantele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish virsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirsihymn, psalm or chant
2Proto-Finnicvircisong, poem
3Proto-Finnicvirti—

via Finnish kantele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantelekantele; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Baltickantla—
Every word from Proto-Finnic virti →Every word from Proto-Finnic virci →Every word from Finnish virsi →