Where does “kongressiedustaja” come from?
kongressiedustaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kongressi, from Swedish kongress, from Latin congressus, from Latin congredior, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kongressiedustaja (Finnish): congressman or congresswoman
Definitions
- congressman or congresswoman
Ancestry of “kongressiedustaja”, step by step
kongressiedustaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kongressi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kongressi | A congress |
| 2 | Swedish | kongress | a congress |
| 3 | Latin | congressus | approached, visited, accosted; fought; meeting,... |
| 4 | Latin | congredior | I go, come or meet with someone, approach; visit,... |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 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 edustaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | edustaja | representative; spokesman, spokeswoman,... |
| 2 | Finnish | edustaa | to represent; Partitive singular form of edusta |
| 3 | Finnish | etu | advantage; benefit, interest |
| 4 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 6 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 7 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |