Where does “valtiomiestaito” come from?

valtiomiestaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish valtiomies, from Finnish valtio, from Finnish valta, from Proto-Finnic valta, from Proto-Germanic waldą, from Proto-Indo-European waldʰ- — to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess.

valtiomiestaito (Finnish): statesmanship

Definitions

  1. statesmanship

Ancestry of “valtiomiestaito”, step by step

valtiomiestaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish valtiomies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaltiomiesstatesman
2Finnishvaltiogovernment, state, country
3Finnishvaltapower, authority, rule; main, principal; country,...
4Proto-Finnicvaltamight, power, authority; white
5Proto-Germanicwaldąmight, power, authority
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwaldʰ-to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess

via Finnish Taito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTaitoskill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned
2Finnishtaitoskill; art
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European waldʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic waldą →Every word from Proto-Finnic valta →