Where does “finanssiministeriö” come from?
finanssiministeriö (Finnish) comes from Finnish finanssit, from Middle French finance, from Middle French finer, from Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.
finanssiministeriö (Finnish): used especially of foreign (other than Finnish) ministries of finance
Definitions
- used especially of foreign (other than Finnish) ministries of finance
Ancestry of “finanssiministeriö”, step by step
finanssiministeriö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish finanssit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | finanssit | finances; financial affairs, money matters |
| 2 | Middle French | finance | — |
| 3 | Middle French | finer | to finish |
| 4 | Middle French | fin | end; finish; death |
| 5 | Old French | fin | fine, delicate |
| 6 | Latin | fīnis | end |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |
via Finnish ministeriö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ministeriö | A political ministry, office |
| 2 | Finnish | ministeri | a minister; an honorary title of the second rank... |
| 3 | Swedish | minister | a minister |
| 4 | Latin | minister | attendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;... |
| 5 | Latin | minus | nominative neuter singular of minor; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | minos | less |