Where does “heräteostos” come from?

heräteostos (Finnish) comes from Finnish ostos, from Finnish ostaa, from Proto-Finnic ostadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

heräteostos (Finnish): impulse purchase

Definitions

  1. impulse purchase

Ancestry of “heräteostos”, step by step

heräteostos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ostos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishostospurchase; shopping
2FinnishostaaTo buy, purchase
3Proto-Finnicostadakto buy
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish heräte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishherätestimulus
2Finnishherättääto wake up, awake(n)
3Finnishherätäto awake, to wake up, to awaken; to arise, to be...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ostadak →Every word from Finnish ostaa →