Where does “kansannainen” come from?

kansannainen (Finnish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

kansannainen (Finnish): woman of the people

Definitions

  1. woman of the people

Ancestry of “kansannainen”, step by step

kansannainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish känsä

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

via Finnish nainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnainenwoman; lady; first-person singular potential...
2Proto-Finnicnainenwoman; wife
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz
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