Where does “nettipoliisi” come from?
nettipoliisi (Finnish) comes from Finnish poliisi, from Swedish polis, from French police, from Italian polizia, from Russian поли́ция, from Polish policja, from German Polizei, from Catalan policia — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
nettipoliisi (Finnish): Internet police
Definitions
- Internet police
Ancestry of “nettipoliisi”, step by step
nettipoliisi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish poliisi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poliisi | police; policeman; Illative singular form of... |
| 2 | Swedish | polis | police |
| 3 | French | police | police; cop; policy |
| 4 | Italian | polizia | police |
| 5 | Russian | поли́ция | police |
| 6 | Polish | policja | police |
| 7 | German | Polizei | police |
| 8 | Catalan | policia | police; policeman, policewoman |
| 9 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 10 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Finnish netti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | netti | Internet, the Net |
| 2 | English | internet | Any set of computer networks that communicate... |
| 3 | English | internetwork | A network of networks; To set up as a network of... |
| 4 | English | network | A fabric or structure of fibrous elements... |
| 5 | English | Net | the Internet |
| 6 | Middle English | net | worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant |
| 7 | Anglo-Norman | neit | good, desireable, clean |
| 8 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 10 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 11 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 14 | Cebuano | -hi | — |