Where does “virkakielto” come from?

virkakielto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kielto, from Finnish kieltää, from Finnish kieli, from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.

virkakielto (Finnish): ban on holding office

Definitions

  1. ban on holding office

Ancestry of “virkakielto”, step by step

virkakielto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kielto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkieltoban, prohibition
2Finnishkieltääto forbid; to forbid, to disallow, to ban, to...
3Finnishkielitongue; language; string
4Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
5Proto-Uralickäletongue; language

via Finnish virka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirkapost, position, office, public office; purpose,...
2Old Norsevirkja—
3Proto-Germanicwirkijanąto make, produce; to effect, make happen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

Words derived from “virkakielto”

Every word from Proto-Uralic käle →Every word from Proto-Finnic keeli →Every word from Finnish kieli →