Where does “myyntireskontra” come from?

myyntireskontra (Finnish) comes from Finnish myynti, from Finnish myydä, from Proto-Finnic *müüdäk, from Proto-Uralic mixe-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw-.

myyntireskontra (Finnish): accounts receivable, sales ledger

Definitions

  1. accounts receivable, sales ledger

Ancestry of “myyntireskontra”, step by step

myyntireskontra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myynti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyyntisale
2Finnishmyydäto sell
3Proto-Finnic*müüdäk—
4Proto-Uralicmixe-give
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mey-gw-—

via Finnish reskontra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreskontrapersonal ledger book for keeping the personal accounts, i.e. the sales ledger and the purchase ledger
2Swedishreskontrasubledger
3Italianriscontrocomparison
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw- →Every word from Proto-Uralic mixe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic *müüdäk →