Where does “liikekirjanpito” come from?

liikekirjanpito (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjanpito, from Finnish pito, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

liikekirjanpito (Finnish): general accounting, business accounting, financial accounting

Definitions

  1. general accounting, business accounting, financial accounting

Ancestry of “liikekirjanpito”, step by step

liikekirjanpito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirjanpito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkirjanpitoBookkeeping, accounting; Books
2Finnishpitokeeping, upkeep; spending; traction
3Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
4Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
5Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-

via Finnish liike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikemotion; movement; shop, business
2Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
3Proto-Finniclikudakmove
4Proto-Uraliclikke-
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäkEvery word from Finnish pitää