Where does “laitavasemmisto” come from?

laitavasemmisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish laita, from Finnish -mpi, from Proto-Uralic -mpa.

laitavasemmisto (Finnish): far left

Definitions

  1. far left

Ancestry of “laitavasemmisto”, step by step

laitavasemmisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaitaedge, margin, border, verge, brink, side; brim;...
2Finnish-mpiForms comparative adjectives; Forms adjectives...
3Proto-Uralic-mpa—

via Finnish vasemmisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvasemmistoThe left; leftist
2Finnish-stöFront vowel variant of -sto
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mpa →Every word from Finnish -mpi →Every word from Finnish laita →