Where does “enemmistövalta” come from?
enemmistövalta (Finnish) comes from Finnish enemmistö, from Finnish enempi, from Finnish enä, from Proto-Finnic enä, from Proto-Uralic enä — big.
enemmistövalta (Finnish): majority rule
Ancestry of “enemmistövalta”, step by step
enemmistövalta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish enemmistö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | enemmistö | majority |
| 2 | Finnish | enempi | further |
| 3 | Finnish | enä | large, abundant, much |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | enä | big |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | enä | big |
via Finnish valta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valta | power, authority, rule; main, principal; country,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | valta | might, power, authority; white |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | waldą | might, power, authority |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |