Where does “ostohyvitys” come from?
ostohyvitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish hyvitys, from Finnish hyvittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
ostohyvitys (Finnish): (purchase) rebate, cashback
Definitions
- (purchase) rebate, cashback
Ancestry of “ostohyvitys”, step by step
ostohyvitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hyvitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hyvitys | rebate, refund; atonement |
| 2 | Finnish | hyvittää | To compensate, recompense, reimburse; To credit;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ittaa | Variant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |