Where does “kauppaopisto” come from?

kauppaopisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish opisto, from Finnish oppi, from Finnish oppia, from Proto-Finnic oppidak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric woppe-.

kauppaopisto (Finnish): commercial school, commercial college, commercial...

Definitions

  1. commercial school, commercial college, commercial...

Ancestry of “kauppaopisto”, step by step

kauppaopisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish opisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopistoinstitute, college
2Finnishoppidoctrine; study, -logy, theory; in this sense...
3Finnishoppiato learn
4Proto-Finnicoppidakto learn
5Proto-Finno-Ugricwoppe-—

via Finnish kauppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkauppacommerce, business, trade; traffic; buying and...
2Proto-Germanickaupazpurchase
3LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
4Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric woppe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic oppidak →Every word from Finnish oppia →