Where does “vapaavaltio” come from?
vapaavaltio (Finnish) comes from English free state, from German Freistaat, from German Staat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō.
vapaavaltio (Finnish): free state political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state
Definitions
- free state political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state
Ancestry of “vapaavaltio”, step by step
vapaavaltio traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English free state
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | free state | A political entity whose political status is less... |
| 2 | German | Freistaat | free state |
| 3 | German | Staat | country; state; state; authorities; state |
| 4 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen: ## third-person singular... |
| 6 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 7 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 8 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
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 |