Where does “laillistuminen” come from?
laillistuminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish laillistua, from Finnish laillistaa, from Finnish laillinen, from Finnish laki, from Old Swedish lagh, from Old Norse lág, from Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną — to lie.
Ancestry of “laillistuminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laillistua | To become legal |
| 2 | Finnish | laillistaa | To legalize, make legal, decriminalize |
| 3 | Finnish | laillinen | legal, lawful, legitimate |
| 4 | Finnish | laki | A summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | lagh | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | lág | a felled tree; log; lying tree |
| 7 | Old Norse | leggja | to lay, place, put; to make, build |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |