Where does “öljyraha” come from?

öljyraha (Finnish) comes from Finnish öljy, from Finnish raakaöljy, from Swedish råolja, from Swedish rå, from Swedish råda, from Old Swedish rāþa, from Old Norse ráða, from Proto-Germanic rēdaną — to fit, to fix, to put together.

öljyraha (Finnish): oil money, petrodollar

Definitions

  1. oil money, petrodollar

Ancestry of “öljyraha”, step by step

öljyraha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish öljy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishöljyoil; crude oil; the letter "Ö" in the Finnish...
2Finnishraakaöljycrude oil
3Swedishråoljacrude oil
4Swedishraw; crude; rough
5Swedishrådato advise (give advice (to someone))
6Old Swedishrāþato ensure
7Old Norseráðato advise, counsel; to consult about, discuss; to...
8Proto-Germanicrēdanąto decide, advise
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Finnish raha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrahamoney; money, cash; money, wealth
2Proto-Finnicrahasquirrel pelt; money
3Proto-Germanicskrahōdry animal skin
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-
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