Where does “syytevalta” come from?
syytevalta (Finnish) comes from Finnish syyte, from Finnish syyttää, from Finnish syy, from Proto-Finnic süü, from Proto-Uralic śuwe — mouth.
syytevalta (Finnish): prosecutor power
Ancestry of “syytevalta”, step by step
syytevalta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish syyte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | syyte | Accusation, charge, indictment |
| 2 | Finnish | syyttää | to blame, blame (something) on, accuse |
| 3 | Finnish | syy | fibre; filament; grain |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | süü | thread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | śuwe | mouth |
via Finnish valta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valta | power, authority, rule; main, principal; country,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | valta | might, power, authority; white |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | waldą | might, power, authority |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |