Where does “reunavaltiopolitiikka” come from?
reunavaltiopolitiikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish politiikka, from Swedish politik, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
reunavaltiopolitiikka (Finnish): the foreign policy of Finland, the Baltic states and Poland (all formerly, at least in part, part of the Russian Empire) to seek closer (political and military) ties, even a possible military alliance, during the (early) interwar period (1920s and early 1930s)
Definitions
- the foreign policy of Finland, the Baltic states and Poland (all formerly, at least in part, part of the Russian Empire) to seek closer (political and military) ties, even a possible military alliance, during the (early) interwar period (1920s and early 1930s)
Ancestry of “reunavaltiopolitiikka”, step by step
reunavaltiopolitiikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish politiikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | politiikka | politics; policy |
| 2 | Swedish | politik | politics |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πολιτικός | civic, constitutional, public; social |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Finnish reunavaltio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | reunavaltio | border state |
| 2 | Finnish | valtio | government, state, country |
| 3 | Finnish | valta | power, authority, rule; main, principal; country,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | valta | might, power, authority; white |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | waldą | might, power, authority |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |