Where does “käyttövara” come from?

käyttövara (Finnish) comes from Finnish käyttö, from Finnish käyttää, from Finnish käydä, from Proto-Finnic käüdäk, from Proto-Finnic käwe-, from Proto-Germanic *skēwijaną — to go.

käyttövara (Finnish): current assets, liquid assets; the assets, funds or money one can use

Definitions

  1. current assets, liquid assets; the assets, funds or money one can use

Ancestry of “käyttövara”, step by step

käyttövara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käyttö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäyttöuse
2Finnishkäyttääto use, make use of‚ employ, apply, utilize,...
3Finnishkäydäto visit, go to (and return), attend (a place)
4Proto-Finnickäüdäkto walk, to go
5Proto-Finnickäwe-—
6Proto-Germanic*skēwijanąto go

via Finnish vara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarareserve, backup; resources, reserves, funds,...
2Proto-Germanicwarōattention, care
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Germanic *skēwijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic käwe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic käüdäk →