Where does “etupiiriajattelu” come from?
etupiiriajattelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ajattelu, from Finnish ajatella, from Finnish ajattaa, from Finnish ajaa, from Proto-Finnic ajadak, from Proto-Uralic aja-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti — to drive.
etupiiriajattelu (Finnish): thinking about the world in terms of spheres of influence; dividing the world into spheres of influence
Definitions
- thinking about the world in terms of spheres of influence; dividing the world into spheres of influence
Ancestry of “etupiiriajattelu”, step by step
etupiiriajattelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ajattelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ajattelu | thinking, thought |
| 2 | Finnish | ajatella | to think (about) |
| 3 | Finnish | ajattaa | To have something driven |
| 4 | Finnish | ajaa | to drive, ride, travel in a vehicle, transport in... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | ajadak | to go in a vehicle, to drive |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | aja- | to drive; to hunt, chase |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Háȷ́ati | to drive, lead |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via Finnish etupiiri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | etupiiri | sphere of influence, sphere of interest |
| 2 | Finnish | etu | advantage; benefit, interest |
| 3 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 5 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 6 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |