Where does “perusväite” come from?
perusväite (Finnish) comes from Finnish väite, from Finnish väittää, from Finnish väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.
perusväite (Finnish): axiom
Ancestry of “perusväite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | väite | claim, argument; proposition, conjecture |
| 2 | Finnish | väittää | To claim, contend, assert, argue, maintain; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | väki | people, crowd; power, strength, force |
| 4 | Icelandic | vaki | hormone |
| 5 | Arabic | وَاقِع | happening, occurring; falling |
| 6 | Arabic | النَّسْر الوَاقِع | falling eagle |