Where does “yhteismetsälaki” come from?
yhteismetsälaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish laki, from Old Swedish lagh, from Old Norse lág, from Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.
yhteismetsälaki (Finnish): Act on Jointly Owned Forests Act 109/2003 in the [[statute book
Definitions
- Act on Jointly Owned Forests Act 109/2003 in the [[statute book
Ancestry of “yhteismetsälaki”, step by step
yhteismetsälaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laki | A summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | lagh | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | lág | a felled tree; log; lying tree |
| 4 | Old Norse | leggja | to lay, place, put; to make, build |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |
via Finnish yhteismetsä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yhteismetsä | jointly owned forest form of ownership of a forest in which several landowners form a type of cooperative to manage their forests primarily to practice sustainable forestry; such a cooperative itself |
| 2 | Finnish | yhteinen | shared, joint, common; collaborative,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |