Where does “siirtymälaki” come from?

siirtymälaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish laki, from Old Swedish lagh, from Old Norse lág, from Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

siirtymälaki (Finnish): displacement law

Definitions

  1. displacement law

Ancestry of “siirtymälaki”, step by step

siirtymälaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlakiA summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or...
2Old Swedishlagh—
3Old Norselága felled tree; log; lying tree
4Old Norseleggjato lay, place, put; to make, build
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Finnish siirtymä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiirtymätransition; displacement
2Finnishsiirtyäto move
3Finnishsiirtääto move, transfer; to transfer; to reschedule,...
4Proto-Finnicsiirtädäkto move, to transfer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaną →Every word from Old Norse leggja →