Where does “valtiokalenteri” come from?
valtiokalenteri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalenteri, from Swedish kalender, from German Kalender, from Latin calendārium, from Latin Calendae, from Latin calāre, from Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλάω — I slacken; I loosen; I become slack; I become...
valtiokalenteri (Finnish): a calendar released annually by a government, often also including statistics, etc
Definitions
- a calendar released annually by a government, often also including statistics, etc
Ancestry of “valtiokalenteri”, step by step
valtiokalenteri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kalenteri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kalenteri | A calendar |
| 2 | Swedish | kalender | a calendar; an annual publication |
| 3 | German | Kalender | calendar; agenda, scheduler, planner; omasum |
| 4 | Latin | calendārium | an account book or debt book |
| 5 | Latin | Calendae | Abbreviation Cal; astronomical new moon; calends |
| 6 | Latin | calāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | chalāre | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαλάω | I slacken; I loosen; I become slack; I become... |
via Finnish valtio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valtio | government, state, country |
| 2 | Finnish | valta | power, authority, rule; main, principal; country,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | valta | might, power, authority; white |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | waldą | might, power, authority |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |