Where does “kansalaisaloite” come from?
kansalaisaloite (Finnish) comes from Finnish kansalainen, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa, from Proto-Finnic kansa, from Proto-Germanic hansō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱómsōd — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kansalaisaloite (Finnish): citizens' initiative
Definitions
- citizens' initiative
Ancestry of “kansalaisaloite”, step by step
kansalaisaloite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kansalainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kansalainen | citizen; national |
| 2 | Finnish | känsä | callus |
| 3 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 4 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 5 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Finnish aloite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aloite | initiative; Short for edustaja-aloite |
| 2 | Finnish | aloittaa | to start, begin, commence; to go ahead |
| 3 | Finnish | alkaa | to begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | alkadak | to begin, to start |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | alka- | beginning |