Where does “virsirunoilija” come from?

virsirunoilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish runoilija, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

virsirunoilija (Finnish): hymnwriter, hymnist; person who writes the text of hymns

Definitions

  1. hymnwriter, hymnist; person who writes the text of hymns

Ancestry of “virsirunoilija”, step by step

virsirunoilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish runoilija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrunoilijapoet
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish virsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirsihymn, psalm or chant
2Proto-Finnicvircisong, poem
3Proto-Finnicvirti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →