Where does “elinkeinoasiamies” come from?

elinkeinoasiamies (Finnish) comes from Finnish elinkeino, from Finnish elin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

elinkeinoasiamies (Finnish): A business agent that works for a municipal government and acts as a mediator between that government and the businesses situated there

Definitions

  1. A business agent that works for a municipal government and acts as a mediator between that government and the businesses situated there

Ancestry of “elinkeinoasiamies”, step by step

elinkeinoasiamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elinkeino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelinkeinolivelihood, living; trade, business
2Finnishelin-living, life
3Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish asiamies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishasiamiesAn agent
2Finnishmiesman; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
4Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish elin- →