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Where does “neuvosto” come from?

neuvosto (Finnish) comes from Finnish -sto, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä.

neuvosto (Finnish): council; soviet

Definitions

  1. council; soviet

Ancestry of “neuvosto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-stoForms collective nouns from nouns indicating...
2Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-ta—
4Proto-Uralic-tä

Words derived from “neuvosto”

  • valtioneuvosto
  • neuvostojohtaja
  • turvallisuusneuvosto
  • turvaneuvosto
  • neuvostojohto
  • neuvostomielinen
  • ministerineuvosto
  • hallintoneuvosto
  • neuvostotasavalta
  • tuomarineuvosto
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →