Where does “elinkeinohallinto” come from?

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

elinkeinohallinto (Finnish): (state) business administration faculty of the state responsible for administrating business

Definitions

  1. (state) business administration faculty of the state responsible for administrating business

Ancestry of “elinkeinohallinto”, step by step

elinkeinohallinto 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 hallinto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhallintogovernment, management, administration
2Finnishhallitato rule, govern, reign, administer, command; to...
3Finnish-itaForms instrumental verbs from nouns; Forms some...
4Proto-Finnic-it'akForms verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish elin- →