Where does “talonpoikaisluokka” come from?

talonpoikaisluokka (Finnish) comes from Finnish talonpoikainen, from Finnish talonpoika, from Finnish talo, from Ludian taloi, from Proto-Finnic talo, from Proto-Baltic talˀa-.

talonpoikaisluokka (Finnish): the class of farmers and small landowners; roughly the yeoman class, yeomanry; broadly the peasant class

Definitions

  1. the class of farmers and small landowners; roughly the yeoman class, yeomanry; broadly the peasant class

Ancestry of “talonpoikaisluokka”, step by step

talonpoikaisluokka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish talonpoikainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalonpoikainenpeasantly
2Finnishtalonpoikafreeholder; farmer; pawn
3Finnishtalohouse; building; farm, homestead
4Ludiantaloifarm; house
5Proto-Finnictalofarm, farmstead
6Proto-Baltictalˀa-—

via Finnish luokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluokkaclass; class, social class; grade
2Finnishluokkishaft bow
3Proto-Slaviclǫkъbow
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*lankásbow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlenk-to bend
Every word from Proto-Baltic talˀa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic talo →Every word from Ludian taloi →
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