Where does “lakiasäätävä” come from?

lakiasäätävä (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.

lakiasäätävä (Finnish): legislative

Definitions

  1. legislative

Ancestry of “lakiasäätävä”, step by step

lakiasäätävä 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 säätää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäätääto adjust, regulate, tune, control; to enact;...
2Proto-Finnicsäätädäkto arrange, organize
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaną →Every word from Old Norse leggja →