Where does “orjamarkkinat” come from?

orjamarkkinat (Finnish) comes from Finnish markkinat, from Swedish marknad, from Old Norse markaðr, from Old Saxon markat, from Latin marcātus, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

orjamarkkinat (Finnish): slave market

Definitions

  1. slave market

Ancestry of “orjamarkkinat”, step by step

orjamarkkinat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish markkinat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmarkkinatmarket; fair, funfair; Nominative plural form...
2Swedishmarknadmarket; market; organized trading event; market;...
3Old Norsemarkaðrmarket
4Old Saxonmarkat
5Latinmarcātus
6Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish orja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishorjaslave
2Proto-Finnicorjaslave; servant
3Proto-Finno-Permicorja
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin mercatus
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