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Where does “äärioikeistolaisuus” come from?

äärioikeistolaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish äärioikeistolainen, from Finnish oikeistolainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

äärioikeistolaisuus (Finnish): far rightism, extreme rightism

Definitions

  1. far rightism, extreme rightism

Ancestry of “äärioikeistolaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäärioikeistolainenultraright; A right-wing extremist
2Finnishoikeistolainenright-wing; rightwinger
3Finnish-läinenFront vowel variant of -lainen
4Finnishlajikind, sort; species; sport
5Old Swedishslagh—
6Middle Low Germanslach—
7Old Saxonslag—
8Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
9Swedishslagg—
10Low Germanslagge—
11Middle Low Germanslagge—
12Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
13Old Saxonslāhan—
14Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
15Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
16Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
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