Where does “asiakaspääte” come from?
asiakaspääte (Finnish) comes from Finnish pääte, from Finnish päättää, from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.
asiakaspääte (Finnish): client terminal
Ancestry of “asiakaspääte”, step by step
asiakaspääte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pääte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pääte | end, ending; final, terminal, end; terminal |
| 2 | Finnish | päättää | to end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close |
| 3 | Finnish | pää | head; end, tip |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pää | head |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |
via Finnish asiakas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | asiakas | customer, client; client |
| 2 | Finnish | asia | issue, matter, affair, concern, business,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | acja | matter, case |