Where does “lunastusmaksu” come from?
lunastusmaksu (Finnish) comes from Finnish maksu, from Finnish maksaa, from Proto-Finnic maksadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic maksa-.
lunastusmaksu (Finnish): redemption fee, fee to redeem
Definitions
- redemption fee, fee to redeem
Ancestry of “lunastusmaksu”, step by step
lunastusmaksu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maksu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maksu | fee; payment |
| 2 | Finnish | maksaa | to cost; to pay; to pay back, repay |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | maksadak | to cost; to pay |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | maksa- | — |
via Finnish lunastus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lunastus | redemption, resumption, reclamation |
| 2 | Finnish | -us | Forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -us | Forms some nouns from nominal stems |