Where does “hoitokate” come from?

hoitokate (Finnish) comes from Finnish hoito, from Finnish hoitaa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian śćaHyáH, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

hoitokate (Finnish): maintenance gross margin; the difference between the maintenance fees (hoitovastike) charged and maintenance costs of a housing company (asunto-osakeyhtiö) within a single accounting period, positive when fees exceed the costs and negative when costs exceed the fees

Definitions

  1. maintenance gross margin; the difference between the maintenance fees (hoitovastike) charged and maintenance costs of a housing company (asunto-osakeyhtiö) within a single accounting period, positive when fees exceed the costs and negative when costs exceed the fees

Ancestry of “hoitokate”, step by step

hoitokate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hoito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhoitocare; nurture; treatment, cure, therapy, remedy
2Finnishhoitaato nurse, care; to cure; to deal with, fix
3Proto-Indo-IranianśćaHyáHshade, shadow
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃ih₂shadow, shade
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

via Finnish kate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatecovering, roofing
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kat'ëk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃-