Where does “siviilijuttu” come from?

siviilijuttu (Finnish) comes from Finnish siviili, from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

siviilijuttu (Finnish): civil case

Definitions

  1. civil case

Ancestry of “siviilijuttu”, step by step

siviilijuttu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siviili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiviilicivilian
2Old Frenchcivil—
3Latincīvīlis—
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish juttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuttutalk; tale; anecdote
2Proto-Finnicjuttutalk
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjukta-to tell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin cīvīlis →