Where does “liittovaltio” come from?
liittovaltio (Finnish) comes from Finnish liitto, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
liittovaltio (Finnish): a federation; commonwealth, union; federal
Definitions
- a federation; commonwealth, union; federal
Ancestry of “liittovaltio”, step by step
liittovaltio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liitto | cooperation based on common agreement, union;... |
| 2 | Finnish | liittää | to join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish valtio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valtio | government, state, country |
| 2 | Finnish | valta | power, authority, rule; main, principal; country,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | valta | might, power, authority; white |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | waldą | might, power, authority |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |