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Where does “asukasdemokratia” come from?

asukasdemokratia (Finnish) comes from Finnish demokratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία, from Ancient Greek δημο-, from Ancient Greek δῆμος, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

asukasdemokratia (Finnish): tenant democracy

Definitions

  1. tenant democracy

Ancestry of “asukasdemokratia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdemokratiademocracy
2Ancient Greekδημοκρατίαdemocracy, popular government; a democratic...
3Ancient Greekδημο-—
4Ancient Greekδῆμοςdistrict, country, land; the common people; free...
5Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
6Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
8Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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