Where does “lieventämisperuste” come from?
lieventämisperuste (Finnish) comes from Finnish lieventäminen, from Finnish lieventää, from Finnish lievä, from Proto-Finnic leevä, from Proto-Germanic hlēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.
lieventämisperuste (Finnish): attenuating circumstance, mitigating circumstance
Definitions
- attenuating circumstance, mitigating circumstance
Ancestry of “lieventämisperuste”, step by step
lieventämisperuste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lieventäminen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lieventäminen | — |
| 2 | Finnish | lieventää | to mitigate, attenuate, extenuate |
| 3 | Finnish | lievä | mild; slight; moderate |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | leevä | mild, temperate; lightly twisted or spun; mild,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hlēwaz | lukewarm |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew- | to hear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via Finnish peruste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peruste | grounds, as basis or justification; A basis, as... |
| 2 | Finnish | perustaa | to establish, found, set up, institute; to base;... |
| 3 | Finnish | perus | foundation; usual, normal, basic |
| 4 | Finnish | perä | rear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side... |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | perä | — |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | *perä | hindquarters, back part of something |