Where does “vasemmistopoliitikko” come from?

vasemmistopoliitikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish poliitikko, from Finnish -kko, from Proto-Finnic -kko.

vasemmistopoliitikko (Finnish): left-wing politician

Definitions

  1. left-wing politician

Ancestry of “vasemmistopoliitikko”, step by step

vasemmistopoliitikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poliitikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoliitikkopolitician
2Finnish-kkoForms collective nouns; Forms nouns denoting...
3Proto-Finnic-kko—

via Finnish vasemmisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvasemmistoThe left; leftist
2Finnish-stöFront vowel variant of -sto
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kko →Every word from Finnish -kko →Every word from Finnish poliitikko →