Where does “hirvivahinkovakuutus” come from?
hirvivahinkovakuutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vakuutus, from Finnish vakuuttaa, from Finnish uuttaa, from Finnish uu, from Latin U, from Latin V, from Etruscan ? — u.
hirvivahinkovakuutus (Finnish): elk damage insurance
Definitions
- elk damage insurance
Ancestry of “hirvivahinkovakuutus”, step by step
hirvivahinkovakuutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vakuutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vakuutus | insurance; assurance or promise; oath of office |
| 2 | Finnish | vakuuttaa | to assert, assure, convince; to reassure; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | uuttaa | to extract; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | Finnish | uu | The name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest |
| 5 | Latin | U | — |
| 6 | Latin | V | ve |
| 7 | Etruscan | ? | u |
via Finnish hirvivahinko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hirvivahinko | damage caused by elks |
| 2 | Finnish | hirvi | elk, moose; any large deer, such as an elk, moose... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hirvi | elk, moose |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | širwe | — |