Where does “holhousyhteiskunta” come from?
holhousyhteiskunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish yhteiskunta, from Finnish yhteinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
holhousyhteiskunta (Finnish): nanny state
Definitions
- nanny state
Ancestry of “holhousyhteiskunta”, step by step
holhousyhteiskunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish yhteiskunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yhteiskunta | society |
| 2 | Finnish | yhteinen | shared, joint, common; collaborative,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |