Where does “laillisuusharkinta” come from?
laillisuusharkinta (Finnish) comes from Finnish laillisuus, from Finnish laillinen, from Finnish laki, from Old Swedish lagh, from Old Norse lág, from Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.
laillisuusharkinta (Finnish): consideration of legality
Definitions
- consideration of legality
Ancestry of “laillisuusharkinta”, step by step
laillisuusharkinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laillisuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laillisuus | legality; validity |
| 2 | Finnish | laillinen | legal, lawful, legitimate |
| 3 | Finnish | laki | A summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | lagh | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | lág | a felled tree; log; lying tree |
| 6 | Old Norse | leggja | to lay, place, put; to make, build |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |