Where does “suoraveto” come from?
suoraveto (Finnish) comes from Finnish veto, from Latin veto, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.
suoraveto (Finnish): direct drive
Ancestry of “suoraveto”, step by step
suoraveto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish veto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | veto | pull; draught/draft of air; stroke of hand, oar... |
| 2 | Latin | veto | I forbid, oppose, veto; I forbid it! I protest! |
| 3 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |
via Finnish suora
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suora | straight; straight, direct, truthful, frank;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | soora | straight |
| 3 | Arabic | سُورَة | chapter of the Qur'an; sura |