Where does “oikeuskelpoinen” come from?

oikeuskelpoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kelpoinen, from Finnish kelpo, from Finnish kelvata, from Proto-Finnic kelbat'ak, from Proto-Germanic helpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- — help.

oikeuskelpoinen (Finnish): having legal capacity, having legal personality

Definitions

  1. having legal capacity, having legal personality

Ancestry of “oikeuskelpoinen”, step by step

oikeuskelpoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kelpoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelpoineneligible
2Finnishkelpodecent, good, fine
3Finnishkelvatato do, work, suffice
4Proto-Finnickelbat'akto do, to suffice
5Proto-Germanichelpanąto help
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelb-help

via Finnish oikeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoikeusright; law; justice, law
2Finnishoikearight; right, correct; appropriate, proper,...
3Proto-Finnicoikedastraight; right, correct
4Proto-Finno-Permicwojketa

Words derived from “oikeuskelpoinen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb-Every word from Proto-Germanic helpanąEvery word from Proto-Finnic kelbat'ak
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