Where does “kestävyysvaje” come from?
kestävyysvaje (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaje, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
kestävyysvaje (Finnish): fiscal sustainability gap the portion of public debt that is calculated to be unsustainable due to insufficient future public revenue
Definitions
- fiscal sustainability gap the portion of public debt that is calculated to be unsustainable due to insufficient future public revenue
Ancestry of “kestävyysvaje”, step by step
kestävyysvaje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaje | deficit |
| 2 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 3 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 5 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 6 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |