Where does “Sovjetunie” come from?
Sovjetunie (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.
Sovjetunie (Dutch): Soviet Union
Definitions
- Soviet Union
Ancestry of “Sovjetunie”, step by step
Sovjetunie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch unie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | unie | union |
| 2 | French | Union | Legal matters: Legal contract or state in which... |
| 3 | Old French | union | unity, union |
| 4 | Late Latin | unio | oneness, unity; a unity, union; the number one,... |
| 5 | Latin | ūniō | a unity, union |
| 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 |
via Dutch Sovjet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Sovjet | Soviet |