Where does “halpamyynti” come from?

halpamyynti (Finnish) comes from Finnish myynti, from Finnish myydä, from Proto-Finnic *müüdäk, from Proto-Uralic mixe-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw-.

halpamyynti (Finnish): low-price sales, e.g. of imported products

Definitions

  1. low-price sales, e.g. of imported products

Ancestry of “halpamyynti”, step by step

halpamyynti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myynti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyyntisale
2Finnishmyydäto sell
3Proto-Finnic*müüdäk—
4Proto-Uralicmixe-give
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mey-gw-—

via Finnish halpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalpacheap
2Proto-Finnichalpacheap; bad
3Proto-Germanicsalwazdusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansalw-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw- →Every word from Proto-Uralic mixe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic *müüdäk →