Where does “laillisuusperiaate” come from?
laillisuusperiaate (Finnish) comes from Finnish periaate, from Finnish aate, from Finnish aatella, from Finnish ajatella, from Finnish ajattaa, from Finnish ajaa, from Proto-Finnic ajadak, from Proto-Uralic aja- — to drive.
laillisuusperiaate (Finnish): rule of law, rule-of-law principle
Definitions
- rule of law, rule-of-law principle
Ancestry of “laillisuusperiaate”, step by step
laillisuusperiaate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish periaate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | periaate | principle |
| 2 | Finnish | aate | ideology |
| 3 | Finnish | aatella | Alternative form of ajatella |
| 4 | Finnish | ajatella | to think (about) |
| 5 | Finnish | ajattaa | To have something driven |
| 6 | Finnish | ajaa | to drive, ride, travel in a vehicle, transport in... |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | ajadak | to go in a vehicle, to drive |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | aja- | to drive; to hunt, chase |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Háȷ́ati | to drive, lead |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
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 |