Where does “Sovjet-Unie” come from?
Sovjet-Unie (Dutch) comes from Dutch unie, from French Union, from Old French union, from Late Latin unio, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Ancestry of “Sovjet-Unie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | unie | union |
| 2 | French | Union | Legal matters: Legal contract or state in which... |
| 3 | Old French | union | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | unio | oneness, unity; a unity, union; the number one,... |
| 5 | Latin | ūniō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |