Where does “kurssikeinottelu” come from?
kurssikeinottelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurssi, from Swedish kurs, from Latin cursus, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
kurssikeinottelu (Finnish): exchange rate speculation
Definitions
- exchange rate speculation
Ancestry of “kurssikeinottelu”, step by step
kurssikeinottelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kurssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kurssi | class, course; course; rate, exchange rate |
| 2 | Swedish | kurs | course, class; course, the intended passage of... |
| 3 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 4 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Finnish keinottelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keinottelu | speculation |
| 2 | Finnish | keinotella | To wangle; To speculate |
| 3 | Finnish | -tellä | Front vowel variant of -tella |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |