Where does “eurooppayhtiö” come from?

eurooppayhtiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish Eurooppa, from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη, from Ancient Greek ὤψ, from Proto-Hellenic ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

eurooppayhtiö (Finnish): European Company

Definitions

  1. European Company

Ancestry of “eurooppayhtiö”, step by step

eurooppayhtiö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Eurooppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishEurooppaof Europe; Europe
2LatinEurōpa—
3Ancient GreekΕὐρώπηEuropa; Europe
4Ancient Greekὤψto the eye; in the face; eye
5Proto-Hellenicókʷseye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

via Finnish yhtiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhtiöcompany, corporation
2Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs →Every word from Proto-Hellenic ókʷs →