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Where does “uuspakanuus” come from?

uuspakanuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish pakanuus, from Finnish pakana, from Tagalog kana, from Tagalog amerikana, from English Americana, from English America, from Latin America, from Italian Amerigo — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

uuspakanuus (Finnish): neopaganism

Definitions

  1. neopaganism

Ancestry of “uuspakanuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakanuuspaganism
2Finnishpakanapagan; heathen
3Tagalogkana—
4Tagalogamerikana—
5EnglishAmericanaAll things peculiar to the United States' culture...
6EnglishAmerica—
7LatinAmerica—
8ItalianAmerigo—
9Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks—
10Proto-GermanicHaimarīksHenry
11Proto-Germanicrīksking, ruler
12Proto-Celticrīxsking
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
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