Where does “veljeskansa” come from?

veljeskansa (Finnish) comes from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa, from Proto-Finnic kansa, from Proto-Germanic hansō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱómsōd, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

veljeskansa (Finnish): brother nation or sister nation

Definitions

  1. brother nation or sister nation

Ancestry of “veljeskansa”, step by step

veljeskansa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish känsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkänsäcallus
2Finnishkanssawith; also, too
3Finnishkansassa
4Finnishkansapeople; nation
5Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
6Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
10Middle Englishkyt
11Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
12Old High Germankuti
13Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
14Proto-Germanickweduzresin
15Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
16Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Finnish veljes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveljesbrother; Alternative form of veljesi
2FinnishVelibrother
3Proto-Finnicveljibrother
4Proto-Germanicswelijōsister's husband
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz
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