Where does “moraalipaniikki” come from?

moraalipaniikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish paniikki, from Swedish panik, from French panique, from Middle French panique, from Ancient Greek πανικός, from Ancient Greek πᾶν, from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός, from Ancient Greek ὄψις — to speak, to sound out.

moraalipaniikki (Finnish): moral panic

Definitions

  1. moral panic

Ancestry of “moraalipaniikki”, step by step

moraalipaniikki traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paniikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaniikkipanic
2Swedishpanik
3Frenchpaniquepanicked; panic; first-person singular present...
4Middle Frenchpanique
5Ancient Greekπανικόςpertaining to Pan
6Ancient Greekπᾶνneuter nominative singular of πᾶς; neuter...
7Ancient Greekὀπτικόςof or relating to seeing, sight or vision: optic,...
8Ancient Greekὄψιςview
9Ancient Greekὄψvoice; word; eye, face
10Proto-Hellenicwókʷsvoice
11Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Finnish moraali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmoraaliMorals; Moral; Morale
2Swedishmoralmorale, character; moral, moral practices,...
3GermanMoralmoral, morality; morale
4German-īncreates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables
5Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
6Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via English moral panic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmoral panicA semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society; a public outcry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-
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