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Where does “ulkopolitiikka” come from?

ulkopolitiikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish politiikka, from Swedish politik, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

ulkopolitiikka (Finnish): foreign policy

Definitions

  1. foreign policy

Ancestry of “ulkopolitiikka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolitiikkapolitics; policy
2Swedishpolitikpolitics
3Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
4Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
5Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
6Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
7Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
8Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
9Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “ulkopolitiikka”

  • ulkopoliittinen
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