Where does “satelliittivaltio” come from?
satelliittivaltio (Finnish) comes from Finnish satelliitti, from Swedish satellit, from Swedish stat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō.
satelliittivaltio (Finnish): satellite state
Definitions
- satellite state
Ancestry of “satelliittivaltio”, step by step
satelliittivaltio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish satelliitti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | satelliitti | satellite |
| 2 | Swedish | satellit | a satellite, a moon; a object that rotates... |
| 3 | Swedish | stat | A state; a nation; A state; a government;... |
| 4 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen: ## third-person singular... |
| 6 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 7 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 8 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via Finnish valtio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valtio | government, state, country |
| 2 | Finnish | valta | power, authority, rule; main, principal; country,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | valta | might, power, authority; white |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | waldą | might, power, authority |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |