Where does “työväenvalta” come from?
työväenvalta (Finnish) comes from Finnish työväki, from Finnish työ, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.
työväenvalta (Finnish): dictatorship of the proletariat
Definitions
- dictatorship of the proletariat
Ancestry of “työväenvalta”, step by step
työväenvalta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish työväki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | työväki | workforce, workers as a collective; The genitive... |
| 2 | Finnish | työ | work; job; you |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | töö | Alternative form of *tek; work, labour |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tek | you |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | te | you |
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 |