Where does “vetonaula” come from?
vetonaula (Finnish) comes from Finnish veto, from Latin veto, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.
vetonaula (Finnish): attraction (of visitors etc.), drawcard, drawing card, headliner
Definitions
- attraction (of visitors etc.), drawcard, drawing card, headliner
Ancestry of “vetonaula”, step by step
vetonaula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish veto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | veto | pull; draught/draft of air; stroke of hand, oar... |
| 2 | Latin | veto | I forbid, oppose, veto; I forbid it! I protest! |
| 3 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |
via Finnish naula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | naula | nail; pound; funt, funte |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | nakla | peg, nail |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | naglaz | nail; nail or peg used for fastening |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃nogʰ- | claw, nail; nail |