Where does “lainsäädäntä” come from?

lainsäädäntä (Finnish) comes 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.

lainsäädäntä (Finnish): legislation, legislating

Definitions

  1. legislation, legislating

Ancestry of “lainsäädäntä”, step by step

lainsäädäntä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlakiA summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or...
2Old Swedishlagh—
3Old Norselága felled tree; log; lying tree
4Old Norseleggjato lay, place, put; to make, build
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Finnish säädäntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäädäntäenactment; adjustment
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

Words derived from “lainsäädäntä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaną →Every word from Old Norse leggja →