Where does “kulutusyhteiskunta” come from?
kulutusyhteiskunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kulutus, from Finnish kuluttaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kulutusyhteiskunta (Finnish): consumer society
Definitions
- consumer society
Ancestry of “kulutusyhteiskunta”, step by step
kulutusyhteiskunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kulutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kulutus | consumption; expenditure |
| 2 | Finnish | kuluttaa | to wear (out) e.g. clothes or parts |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish yhteiskunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yhteiskunta | society |
| 2 | Finnish | yhteinen | shared, joint, common; collaborative,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |