Where does “laskentayksikkö” come from?
laskentayksikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish laskenta, from Finnish laskea, from Proto-Finnic laskedak, from Proto-Uralic laćke-.
laskentayksikkö (Finnish): unit of account
Ancestry of “laskentayksikkö”, step by step
laskentayksikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laskenta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laskenta | computation, calculation; calculus |
| 2 | Finnish | laskea | to lower, drop; to put down, set down, lay down;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |
via Finnish yksikkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yksikkö | unit; singular; single |
| 2 | Finnish | -kkö | Front vowel variant of -kko |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -kkoi | Forms diminutive nouns |