Where does “kattopuolue” come from?
kattopuolue (Finnish) comes from Finnish katto, from Finnish kattaa, from Proto-Finnic kattadak, from Proto-Finnic kanci, from Czech -í, from Old Czech -í, from Proto-Slavic -jь, from Proto-Indo-European yós — fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;...
kattopuolue (Finnish): umbrella party, political grouping made up of similarly minded parties acting in concert in, for example, the European Parliament
Definitions
- umbrella party, political grouping made up of similarly minded parties acting in concert in, for example, the European Parliament
Ancestry of “kattopuolue”, step by step
kattopuolue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish katto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | katto | ceiling; roof |
| 2 | Finnish | kattaa | to roof; to cover; to set, lay |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kattadak | to cover; to roof |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kanci | cover, lid |
| 5 | Czech | -í | Forming attributive adjectives from nouns,... |
| 6 | Old Czech | -í | forming attributive adjectives from nouns, especially animals |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | -jь | Adjectival inherited from the Caland roots,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yós | that, who, which |
| 9 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wisós | fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;... |