Where does “tutkintavankeuslaki” come from?
tutkintavankeuslaki (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.
tutkintavankeuslaki (Finnish): remand imprisonment act, pre-trial detention act statute
Definitions
- remand imprisonment act, pre-trial detention act statute
Ancestry of “tutkintavankeuslaki”, step by step
tutkintavankeuslaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laki | A summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | lagh | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | lág | a felled tree; log; lying tree |
| 4 | Old Norse | leggja | to lay, place, put; to make, build |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |
via Finnish tutkintavankeus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tutkintavankeus | detention confinement of a person in prison awaiting trial |
| 2 | Finnish | tutkinta | inquest, investigation; hearing |
| 3 | Finnish | tutkia | to examine, investigate; to research; Partitive... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ia | Forms primarily transitive verbs describing... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -idak | applicative suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -j- | — |