Where does “lakialoite” come from?
lakialoite (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.
lakialoite (Finnish): bill, legislative initiative
Definitions
- bill, legislative initiative
Ancestry of “lakialoite”, step by step
lakialoite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laki | A summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | lagh | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | lág | a felled tree; log; lying tree |
| 4 | Old Norse | leggja | to lay, place, put; to make, build |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |
via Finnish aloite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aloite | initiative; Short for edustaja-aloite |
| 2 | Finnish | aloittaa | to start, begin, commence; to go ahead |
| 3 | Finnish | alkaa | to begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | alkadak | to begin, to start |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | alka- | beginning |