Where does “kirjanpitopetos” come from?

kirjanpitopetos (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjanpito, from Finnish pito, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

kirjanpitopetos (Finnish): accounting fraud

Definitions

  1. accounting fraud

Ancestry of “kirjanpitopetos”, step by step

kirjanpitopetos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirjanpito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkirjanpitoBookkeeping, accounting; Books
2Finnishpitokeeping, upkeep; spending; traction
3Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
4Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
5Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-

via Finnish petos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpetosbetrayal, treachery, treason; fraud
2Finnishpettääto cheat, con, swindle, defraud; to deceive,...
3Proto-Finnicpettädäkto betray
4Proto-Balticspenˀstei
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-
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