Where does “oikeuspaikka” come from?
oikeuspaikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish oikeus, from Finnish oikea, from Proto-Finnic oikeda, from Proto-Finno-Permic wojketa.
oikeuspaikka (Finnish): forum, jurisdiction
Ancestry of “oikeuspaikka”, step by step
oikeuspaikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish oikeus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | oikeus | right; law; justice, law |
| 2 | Finnish | oikea | right; right, correct; appropriate, proper,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | oikeda | straight; right, correct |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | wojketa | — |
via Finnish paikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paikka | place, location, spot, site; area, region,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *paikka | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spaikǭ | spoke |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | spēy- | to stretch; thrive; succeed |