Where does “alikysyntä” come from?
alikysyntä (Finnish) comes from Finnish äli-, from Finnish Ali, from Finnish Aleksanteri, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός, from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ — man.
alikysyntä (Finnish): underdemand situation in which consumers choose to buy less than they would under "normal" circumstances or, in the case of labor, the demand is lower than the supply
Definitions
- underdemand situation in which consumers choose to buy less than they would under "normal" circumstances or, in the case of labor, the demand is lower than the supply
Ancestry of “alikysyntä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | äli- | under-, sub |
| 2 | Finnish | Ali | practically exclusively used by Tatars or Muslim immigrants |
| 3 | Finnish | Aleksanteri | Alexander |
| 4 | Latin | Alexander | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀλέξανδρος | Alexander |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀλέξω | to keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀνδρός | genitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | man |