Where does “merkantiilijärjestelmä” come from?
merkantiilijärjestelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish merkantiilinen, from Italian mercantile, from Italian mercante, from Latin mercans, from Latin mercor, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.
merkantiilijärjestelmä (Finnish): mercantile system
Definitions
- mercantile system
Ancestry of “merkantiilijärjestelmä”, step by step
merkantiilijärjestelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish merkantiilinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | merkantiilinen | mercantile |
| 2 | Italian | mercantile | merchant; mercantile, commercial |
| 3 | Italian | mercante | merchant, dealer, trader, monger |
| 4 | Latin | mercans | trading |
| 5 | Latin | mercor | I trade, deal, sell |
| 6 | Latin | merx | merchandise, commodity; goods, wares |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *merks | — |
via Finnish järjestelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | järjestelmä | system |
| 2 | Finnish | järjestää | to arrange; to organize |
| 3 | Finnish | järki | reason; sense |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | järki | row; order, condition |