Where does “seitsenristi” come from?

seitsenristi (Ingrian) comes from Finnish seitsen, from Proto-Finnic säic'en, from Proto-Uralic *ćäjćemä — seven.

seitsenristi (Ingrian): An epithet for the god: one of seven crosses

Definitions

  1. An epithet for the god: one of seven crosses

Ancestry of “seitsenristi”, step by step

seitsenristi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seitsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseitsenseven
2Proto-Finnicsäic'enseven
3Proto-Uralic*ćäjćemäseven

via Ingrian risti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianristicross
2Finnish-iäiset—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *ćäjćemä →Every word from Proto-Finnic säic'en →Every word from Finnish seitsen →