Where does “väitöstilaisuus” come from?

väitöstilaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish väitös, from Finnish väittää, from Finnish väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.

väitöstilaisuus (Finnish): thesis defense

Definitions

  1. thesis defense

Ancestry of “väitöstilaisuus”, step by step

väitöstilaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish väitös

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväitösdissertation
2FinnishväittääTo claim, contend, assert, argue, maintain; to...
3Finnishväkipeople, crowd; power, strength, force
4Icelandicvakihormone
5Arabicوَاقِعhappening, occurring; falling
6Arabicالنَّسْر الوَاقِعfalling eagle

via Finnish tilaisuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilaisuusoccasion; opportunity, chance
2Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “väitöstilaisuus”

Every word from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع →Every word from Arabic وَاقِع →Every word from Icelandic vaki →