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Where does “öljypitoisuus” come from?

öljypitoisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish öljypitoinen, from Finnish öljy, from Finnish raakaöljy, from Swedish råolja, from Swedish rå, from Swedish råda, from Old Swedish rāþa, from Old Norse ráða — to fit, to fix, to put together.

öljypitoisuus (Finnish): oil content

Definitions

  1. oil content

Ancestry of “öljypitoisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishöljypitoinenoil-containing, oil-bearing, oil-rich
2Finnishöljyoil; crude oil; the letter "Ö" in the Finnish...
3Finnishraakaöljycrude oil
4Swedishråoljacrude oil
5Swedishråraw; crude; rough
6Swedishrådato advise; to rule, to reign; to be , to occur,...
7Old Swedishrāþa—
8Old Norseráðato advise, counsel; to consult about, discuss; to...
9Proto-Germanicrēdanąto decide, advise
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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