Where does “valtaetäisyys” come from?
valtaetäisyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish etäisyys, from Finnish etäinen, from Finnish etä-, from Proto-Finnic etä, from Proto-Finno-Permic ečkä.
valtaetäisyys (Finnish): power distance
Ancestry of “valtaetäisyys”, step by step
valtaetäisyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish etäisyys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | etäisyys | distance |
| 2 | Finnish | etäinen | remote, distant, far |
| 3 | Finnish | etä- | distant, remote, long-distance, far-off |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | etä | far, distant |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | ečkä | — |
via Finnish valta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valta | power, authority, rule; main, principal; country,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | valta | might, power, authority; white |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | waldą | might, power, authority |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |