Where does “etuseteli” come from?

etuseteli (Finnish) comes from Finnish seteli, from Swedish sedel, from Old Swedish sedel, from Middle Low German sēdele, from German Zettel, from German zeddel, from German zedele, from Italian cedola — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

etuseteli (Finnish): voucher

Definitions

  1. voucher

Ancestry of “etuseteli”, step by step

etuseteli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seteli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsetelibill US; banknote, note UK piece of paper money
2Swedishsedela banknote; a slip; a small piece of paper
3Old Swedishsedel
4Middle Low Germansēdele
5GermanZettela small or loose piece of paper, slip; note,...
6Germanzeddel
7Germanzedele
8Italiancedolacounterfoil; coupon, voucher
9Medieval LatincedulaAlternative form of schedula
10Latinschedulaleaf of paper
11Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
12Proto-Italic-olos
13Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
14Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
15Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish etu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishetuadvantage; benefit, interest
2Finnishesi-pre-, fore-
3Proto-Finnicecibefore; in front
4Albanian*etës
5Proto-Albanian*aitatja
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin schedula