Where does “ministerineuvosto” come from?

ministerineuvosto (Finnish) comes from Finnish ministeri, from Swedish minister, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos — less.

ministerineuvosto (Finnish): council formed by ministers

Definitions

  1. council formed by ministers

Ancestry of “ministerineuvosto”, step by step

ministerineuvosto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ministeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishministeria minister; an honorary title of the second rank...
2Swedishministera minister
3Latinministerattendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;...
4Latinminusnominative neuter singular of minor; accusative...
5Proto-Italicminosless

via Finnish neuvosto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneuvostocouncil; soviet
2Finnish-stoForms collective nouns from nouns indicating...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Italic minos →Every word from Latin minus →Every word from Latin minister →