Where does “neuvostotasavalta” come from?
neuvostotasavalta (Finnish) comes from Finnish neuvosto, from Finnish -sto, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
neuvostotasavalta (Finnish): A short form of "sosialistinen...
Definitions
- A short form of "sosialistinen...
Ancestry of “neuvostotasavalta”, step by step
neuvostotasavalta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish neuvosto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | neuvosto | council; soviet |
| 2 | Finnish | -sto | Forms collective nouns from nouns indicating... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish tasavalta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tasavalta | republic |
| 2 | Finnish | valta | power, authority, rule; main, principal; country,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | valta | might, power, authority; white |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | waldą | might, power, authority |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |