Where does “avioliittolaki” come from?

avioliittolaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish avioliitto, from Finnish liitto, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

avioliittolaki (Finnish): Marriage Act piece of legislation that regulates the marriage

Definitions

  1. Marriage Act piece of legislation that regulates the marriage

Ancestry of “avioliittolaki”, step by step

avioliittolaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish avioliitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishavioliittomarriage
2Finnishliittocooperation based on common agreement, union;...
3Finnishliittääto join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,...
4Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish laki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlakiA summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or...
2Old Swedishlagh
3Old Norselága felled tree; log; lying tree
4Old Norseleggjato lay, place, put; to make, build
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak