Where does “virsikokoelma” come from?

virsikokoelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish kokoelma, from Finnish koota, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

virsikokoelma (Finnish): hymnody hymns of a particular church or of a particular time

Definitions

  1. hymnody hymns of a particular church or of a particular time

Ancestry of “virsikokoelma”, step by step

virsikokoelma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kokoelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokoelmacollection
2Finnishkootato collect together, gather; to assemble,...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish virsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirsihymn, psalm or chant
2Proto-Finnicvircisong, poem
3Proto-Finnicvirti—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →