Where does “rangaistusvankeus” come from?

rangaistusvankeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish rangaistus, from Finnish rangaista, from Finnish ranka, from Proto-Finnic ranka.

rangaistusvankeus (Finnish): incarceration, imprisonment as a punitive measure

Definitions

  1. incarceration, imprisonment as a punitive measure

Ancestry of “rangaistusvankeus”, step by step

rangaistusvankeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rangaistus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrangaistuspunishment; penalty; comeuppance
2FinnishrangaistaTo punish, penalise/penalize, mete out a...
3Finnishrankapole; stalk; spine
4Proto-Finnicranka—

via Finnish vankeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvankeusimprisonment; captivity
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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