Where does “rahvaloendus” come from?

rahvaloendus (Estonian) comes from Estonian loendus, from Estonian loendama, from Estonian lugema, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

rahvaloendus (Estonian): census, nose count

Definitions

  1. census, nose count

Ancestry of “rahvaloendus”, step by step

rahvaloendus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian loendus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianloenduscount, act of counting
2Estonianloendamato count
3Estonianlugemato read; to count, to matter
4Proto-Finniclukedakto count; to read ?
5Proto-Uralicluke-to count
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Estonian rahvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianrahvaspeople
2Proto-Finnicrahvaspeople, folk
3Proto-Germanicþrawwazfull-grown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Uralic luke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic lukedak →