Where does “menestystekijä” come from?

menestystekijä (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.

menestystekijä (Finnish): success factor

Definitions

  1. success factor

Ancestry of “menestystekijä”, step by step

menestystekijä 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 tekijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtekijäauthor, auteur; maker; doer
2Proto-Finnictekejädoer, maker
3Estoniantegemato do
4Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
5Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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