Where does “mečetti” come from?
mečetti (Karelian) comes from Russian мече́ть, from Arabic مَسْجِد, from Arabic سَجَدَ, from Arabic ج — Abbreviation of جَمْع.
mečetti (Karelian): mosque
Ancestry of “mečetti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | мече́ть | — |
| 2 | Arabic | مَسْجِد | mosque; place of worship |
| 3 | Arabic | سَجَدَ | to bow down; to bow in reverence; to prostrate,... |
| 4 | Arabic | ج | Abbreviation of جَمْع |