Where does “elintarviketalous” come from?
elintarviketalous (Finnish) comes from Finnish talous, from Finnish talo, from Ludian taloi, from Proto-Finnic talo, from Proto-Baltic talˀa-.
elintarviketalous (Finnish): food business, food industry
Definitions
- food business, food industry
Ancestry of “elintarviketalous”, step by step
elintarviketalous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish talous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | talous | economy; finance; a system that maintains... |
| 2 | Finnish | talo | house; building; farm, homestead |
| 3 | Ludian | taloi | farm; house |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | talo | farm, farmstead |
| 5 | Proto-Baltic | talˀa- | — |
via Finnish elintarvike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elintarvike | groceries; foodstuff |
| 2 | Finnish | elin- | living, life |
| 3 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |