Where does “vetoaminen” come from?
vetoaminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish vedota, from Finnish veto, from Latin veto, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.
Ancestry of “vetoaminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vedota | to appeal, plead; to invoke; to refer |
| 2 | Finnish | veto | pull; draught/draft of air; stroke of hand, oar... |
| 3 | Latin | veto | I forbid, oppose, veto; I forbid it! I protest! |
| 4 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |