Where does “lakiteksti” come from?

lakiteksti (Finnish) comes from Finnish teksti, from Esperanto teksto, from Latin textus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

lakiteksti (Finnish): legal text

Definitions

  1. legal text

Ancestry of “lakiteksti”, step by step

lakiteksti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teksti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtekstitext; copy
2Esperantotekstotext; lyrics
3Latintextuswoven, having been woven; texture, structure;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin textus →