Where does “kuninkaankäräjät” come from?

kuninkaankäräjät (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuningas, from Proto-Finnic kuningas, from Proto-Germanic kuningaz, from Proto-Germanic kunją, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

kuninkaankäräjät (Finnish): a public assembly with the highest legislative power and held by the king

Definitions

  1. a public assembly with the highest legislative power and held by the king

Ancestry of “kuninkaankäräjät”, step by step

kuninkaankäräjät traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuningas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuningasking
2Proto-Finnickuningasking
3Proto-Germanickuningazking
4Proto-Germanickunjąkin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁yom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Finnish käräjät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäräjätcourt; thing, Thing
2Finnishkerätäto collect, gather, accumulate; to pick
3Finnish-ataDerives verbs
4Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
5Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
6Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →