Where does “vuorotervehdys” come from?

vuorotervehdys (Finnish) comes from Finnish tervehdys, from Finnish tervehtiä, from Finnish terve, from Proto-Finnic terveh, from Proto-Finnic -eh — Forms nominals.

vuorotervehdys (Finnish): an exchange of greeting between the priest and the congregation in the preface of the Eucharist (sursum corda)

Definitions

  1. an exchange of greeting between the priest and the congregation in the preface of the Eucharist (sursum corda)

Ancestry of “vuorotervehdys”, step by step

vuorotervehdys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tervehdys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtervehdysgreeting
2Finnishtervehtiäto greet; to salute; to give the time of day, to...
3Finnishtervehealthy, sane; healthy, sound; sound, well
4Proto-Finnictervehhealthy, well; solid, whole
5Proto-Finnic-ehForms nominals

via Finnish vuoro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuoroturn; shift; A means of transportation that runs...
2Proto-Finnicvooroturn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others; spell of work)
Every word from Proto-Finnic -eh →