Where does “menestysartikkeli” come from?

menestysartikkeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish menestys, from Finnish menestyä, from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka — a place behind.

menestysartikkeli (Finnish): successful sales item

Definitions

  1. successful sales item

Ancestry of “menestysartikkeli”, step by step

menestysartikkeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish menestys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenestyssuccess
2FinnishmenestyäTo succeed, be successful, meet with success; be...
3Finnish-stuaForms translative verbs
4Finnish-staaForms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or...
5Finnishsaalistaato prey, hunt
6FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
7Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
8Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
9Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish artikkeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishartikkeliarticle
2Swedishartikelan article
3GermanArtikelarticle; article, item, ware; article, paragraph,...
4LatinarticulusA point connecting various parts of the body;...
5Latinartusnarrow, close, fitted, confined, dense; severe,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂értusthat which is fit together; juncture, ordering
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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