Where does “baskivähemmistö” come from?

baskivähemmistö (Finnish) comes from Finnish baski, from French Basque, from Latin vasco, from Latin Vascones, from Ancient Greek Οὐάσκωνες — Vascons.

baskivähemmistö (Finnish): Basque minority

Definitions

  1. Basque minority

Ancestry of “baskivähemmistö”, step by step

baskivähemmistö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish baski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbaskia Basque; the Basque language
2FrenchBasqueBasque person of either gender
3LatinvascoVascon
4LatinVasconesVascones
5Ancient GreekΟὐάσκωνεςVascons

via Finnish vähemmistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähemmistöminority
2Finnishvähempilesser
3Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
4Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little
Every word from Ancient Greek ΟὐάσκωνεςEvery word from Latin VasconesEvery word from Latin vasco
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