Where does “päihdepolitiikka” come from?

päihdepolitiikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish päihde, from Finnish päihtyä, from Finnish -htua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

päihdepolitiikka (Finnish): policy on addictive substances, stimulant policy, alcohol and narcotics policy

Definitions

  1. policy on addictive substances, stimulant policy, alcohol and narcotics policy

Ancestry of “päihdepolitiikka”, step by step

päihdepolitiikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päihde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäihdeintoxicant, psychoactive drug
2FinnishpäihtyäTo get drunk, to become intoxicated
3Finnish-htuaForms translative verbs, often emphasizing the...
4Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
5Idotuyou singular, thou
6EnglishthouNominative singular of ye; To address using the...
7EnglishthousandA numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10
8Middle EnglishthousendA thousand; 1000
9Old Englishþūsendthousand
10Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
11Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
12Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
13Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Finnish politiikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolitiikkapolitics; policy
2Swedishpolitikpolitics
3Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
4Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
5Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
6Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
7Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
8Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
9Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Finnish -tua →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →