Where does “laillisuusmies” come from?
laillisuusmies (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.
laillisuusmies (Finnish): man of law, legalist
Definitions
- man of law, legalist
Ancestry of “laillisuusmies”, step by step
laillisuusmies 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 |