Where does “laskusuuntaus” come from?
laskusuuntaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish lasku, from Votic laskõa, from Proto-Finnic laskedak, from Proto-Uralic laćke-.
laskusuuntaus (Finnish): downward trend, downward tendency, downturn, downside
Definitions
- downward trend, downward tendency, downturn, downside
Ancestry of “laskusuuntaus”, step by step
laskusuuntaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lasku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lasku | descent, an instance of descending, sliding down... |
| 2 | Votic | laskõa | to let go, let loose, release |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |
via Finnish suuntaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suuntaus | trend; orientation |
| 2 | Finnish | suunnata | to direct; to target, aim; to head |
| 3 | Finnish | tä | what |
| 4 | Finnish | mitä | Partitive singular form of mikä; Partitive... |