Where does “pelottelukampanja” come from?

pelottelukampanja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kampanja, from Swedish kampanj, from French campagne, from Italian campagna, from Latin campānia, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.

pelottelukampanja (Finnish): scare campaign effort to make a large group of people afraid of someone or something

Definitions

  1. scare campaign effort to make a large group of people afraid of someone or something

Ancestry of “pelottelukampanja”, step by step

pelottelukampanja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kampanja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkampanjacampaign
2Swedishkampanja campaign
3Frenchcampagnecountry (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city), countryside
4Italiancampagnarural area: country, countryside; cultivated...
5Latincampānia
6LatincampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂emp-to bend; crooked; to bend, curve
8Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve

via Finnish pelottelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelotteluintimidation, browbeating, bullying
2FinnishpelotellaTo intimidate; to browbeat, bully
3Finnishpelottaato be afraid, to be scared; to frighten, to be...
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-Every word from Latin campus