Where does “nettotulo” come from?
nettotulo (Finnish) comes from Finnish netto, from Italian netto, from Vulgar Latin nittus, from Latin nitidus, from Latin nitere, from Latin niteo, from Proto-Indo-European ney-, from Cebuano -hi.
nettotulo (Finnish): The net income
Definitions
- The net income
Ancestry of “nettotulo”, step by step
nettotulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish netto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | netto | net |
| 2 | Italian | netto | clear; net; clearly |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 4 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 5 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 8 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
via Finnish tulo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tulo | coming, arrival; product; income |
| 2 | Finnish | tulla | to come; to become, get, go, turn; to have to do,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tuldak | to come |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | tole- | to come |
| 5 | Hungarian | -ál | Same as -l with the "-á-" linking vowel. Used for... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -l | Appended to a noun, an adjective or less... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -l | — |