Where does “mielipidesuunta” come from?

mielipidesuunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish mielipide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

mielipidesuunta (Finnish): opinion, line, stance, persuasion

Definitions

  1. opinion, line, stance, persuasion

Ancestry of “mielipidesuunta”, step by step

mielipidesuunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mielipide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmielipideopinion
2Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
3Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →
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