Where does “leasingauto” come from?

leasingauto (Finnish) comes from Finnish leasing, from English leasing, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.

leasingauto (Finnish): leased car

Definitions

  1. leased car

Ancestry of “leasingauto”, step by step

leasingauto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leasing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleasingleasing act of leasing something, especially if long-term
2EnglishleasingA lie; the act of lying, falsehood; present...
3English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
4Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
5Old English-tūnhomestead, village, town
6Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
7Proto-West Germanictūnfence
8Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
9Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
10Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Finnish auto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishautocar, automobile
2Finnishautomobiiliautomobile, car
3Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
4Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
5Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
6Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-