Where does “väitelause” come from?
väitelause (Finnish) comes from Finnish väite, from Finnish väittää, from Finnish väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.
väitelause (Finnish): proposition, assertion
Definitions
- proposition, assertion
Ancestry of “väitelause”, step by step
väitelause traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish väite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väite | claim, argument; proposition, conjecture |
| 2 | Finnish | väittää | To claim, contend, assert, argue, maintain; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | väki | people, crowd; power, strength, force |
| 4 | Icelandic | vaki | hormone |
| 5 | Arabic | وَاقِع | happening, occurring; falling |
| 6 | Arabic | النَّسْر الوَاقِع | falling eagle |