Where does “hedge-rahasto” come from?

hedge-rahasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish rahasto, from Finnish raha, from Proto-Finnic raha, from Proto-Germanic skrahō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

hedge-rahasto (Finnish): hedge fund

Definitions

  1. hedge fund

Ancestry of “hedge-rahasto”, step by step

hedge-rahasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rahasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrahastofund; war chest
2Finnishrahamoney; money, cash; money, wealth
3Proto-Finnicrahasquirrel pelt; money
4Proto-Germanicskrahōdry animal skin
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via English hedge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhedgeA thicket of bushes or other shrubbery,...
2Middle EnglishheggeA hedge; a plant grown as a boundary; A bush or...
3Old Englishheċġfence
4Proto-Germanic*haggju—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skrahō →
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