Where does “asiakassalkku” come from?

asiakassalkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish asiakas, from Finnish asia, from Proto-Finnic acja — matter, case.

asiakassalkku (Finnish): customer portfolio, client portfolio

Definitions

  1. customer portfolio, client portfolio

Ancestry of “asiakassalkku”, step by step

asiakassalkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asiakas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasiakascustomer, client; client
2Finnishasiaissue, matter, affair, concern, business,...
3Proto-Finnicacjamatter, case

via Finnish salkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalkkubriefcase, portfolio; Short for arvopaperisalkku;...
2Proto-Finnicsalkku—
Every word from Proto-Finnic acja →Every word from Finnish asia →Every word from Finnish asiakas →
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