Where does “ydinvastuu” come from?
ydinvastuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ydin, from Friulian Udin, from Arabic الدِّين.
ydinvastuu (Finnish): nuclear liability
Ancestry of “ydinvastuu”, step by step
ydinvastuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ydin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ydin | core, kernel, the central part of something;... |
| 2 | Friulian | Udin | Udine |
| 3 | Arabic | الدِّين | — |
via Finnish vastuu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vastuu | responsibility, charge; "see also:" in charge;... |
| 2 | Finnish | vastata | to answer, to reply; to respond |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vastat'ak | to answer, to reply |