Where does “kansalaisopisto” come from?

kansalaisopisto (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,...

kansalaisopisto (Finnish): An adult education center faintly resembling a...

Definitions

  1. An adult education center faintly resembling a...

Ancestry of “kansalaisopisto”, step by step

kansalaisopisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kansalainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkansalainencitizen; national
2Finnishkänsäcallus
3Finnishkanssawith; also, too
4Finnishkansassa
5Finnishkansapeople; nation
6Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
7Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Finnish opisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopistoinstitute, college
2Finnishoppidoctrine; study, -logy, theory; in this sense...
3Finnishoppiato learn
4Proto-Finnicoppidakto learn
5Proto-Finno-Ugricwoppe-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz