Where does “kirjanpitorikos” come from?

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

kirjanpitorikos (Finnish): false accounting, accounting offense, accounting crime a criminal act related to accounting

Definitions

  1. false accounting, accounting offense, accounting crime a criminal act related to accounting

Ancestry of “kirjanpitorikos”, step by step

kirjanpitorikos 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 rikos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrikoscrime, offence/offense, criminality; ~" a...
2Finnishrikkoato break; to violate, breach; to offend, to...
3Proto-Finnicrikkodakto break; to ruin, to mar, to damage
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäkEvery word from Finnish pitää
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