Where does “asiasanoitus” come from?

asiasanoitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish asiasana, from Finnish sana, from Finnish luokka, from Finnish luokki, from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European lenk- — to bend.

asiasanoitus (Finnish): subject indexing act of describing a document by index terms to indicate what the document is about or to summarize its content, the index terms often coming from a controlled vocabulary

Definitions

  1. subject indexing act of describing a document by index terms to indicate what the document is about or to summarize its content, the index terms often coming from a controlled vocabulary

Ancestry of “asiasanoitus”, step by step

asiasanoitus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asiasana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasiasanaindex term, descriptor, subject term, subject...
2Finnishsanaword; Word, Scripture; lesson
3Finnishluokkaclass; class, social class; grade
4Finnishluokkishaft bow
5Proto-Slaviclǫkъbow
6Proto-Balto-Slavic*lankásbow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlenk-to bend

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

via Finnish oittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoittaa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lenk-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankásEvery word from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ