Where does “oikeustaju” come from?
oikeustaju (Finnish) comes from Finnish oikeus, from Finnish oikea, from Proto-Finnic oikeda, from Proto-Finno-Permic wojketa.
oikeustaju (Finnish): sense of justice
Ancestry of “oikeustaju”, step by step
oikeustaju 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 taju
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taju | consciousness; sense |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |