Where does “epäkuranttius” come from?
epäkuranttius (Finnish) comes from Finnish epäkurantti, from Finnish kurantti, from Swedish kurant, from French courant, from Old French corant, from Old French corre, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
epäkuranttius (Finnish): obsolescence, nonmarketability due to obsolescence
Definitions
- obsolescence, nonmarketability due to obsolescence
Ancestry of “epäkuranttius”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | epäkurantti | not in demand; nonmarketable |
| 2 | Finnish | kurantti | in demand, sought-after, marketable that can be readily sold |
| 3 | Swedish | kurant | — |
| 4 | French | courant | present participle of courir; current; current,... |
| 5 | Old French | corant | present participle of corre; running; in the... |
| 6 | Old French | corre | to run; to gallop; to travel in general |
| 7 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |