Where does “holding-yhtiö” come from?

holding-yhtiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish yhtiö, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

holding-yhtiö (Finnish): holding company

Definitions

  1. holding company

Ancestry of “holding-yhtiö”, step by step

holding-yhtiö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yhtiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhtiöcompany, corporation
2Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w

via Finnish holding

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishholding
Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o