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Where does “uuspakana” come from?

uuspakana (Finnish) comes from Finnish pakana, from Tagalog kana, from Tagalog amerikana, from English Americana, from English America, from Latin America, from Italian Amerigo, from Proto-Germanic *Amalarīks — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

uuspakana (Finnish): neo-pagan

Definitions

  1. neo-pagan

Ancestry of “uuspakana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakanapagan; heathen
2Tagalogkana—
3Tagalogamerikana—
4EnglishAmericanaAll things peculiar to the United States' culture...
5EnglishAmerica—
6LatinAmerica—
7ItalianAmerigo—
8Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks—
9Proto-GermanicHaimarīksHenry
10Proto-Germanicrīksking, ruler
11Proto-Celticrīxsking
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

Words derived from “uuspakana”

  • uuspakanallinen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- →