Where does “laintarkastuskunta” come from?
laintarkastuskunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish laintarkastus, from Finnish tarkastus, from Finnish tarkastaa, from Finnish tarkka, from Swedish stärk, from Old Swedish starker, from Old Norse sterkr, from Proto-Germanic starkuz — rigid, stiff; to love.
laintarkastuskunta (Finnish): a board that examined proposed legislation
Definitions
- a board that examined proposed legislation
Ancestry of “laintarkastuskunta”, step by step
laintarkastuskunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laintarkastus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laintarkastus | examination of (proposed) legislation |
| 2 | Finnish | tarkastus | examination, inspection, supervision, survey |
| 3 | Finnish | tarkastaa | to check, inspect |
| 4 | Finnish | tarkka | accurate, exact, precise; particular, pedantic,... |
| 5 | Swedish | stärk | strong |
| 6 | Old Swedish | starker | stiff, rigid; steady; strong |
| 7 | Old Norse | sterkr | strong |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | starkuz | stiff; rigid; strong |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | sterkaną | to become stiff, stiffen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sterg- | rigid, stiff; to love |