Where does “ostokriteeri” come from?

ostokriteeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kriteeri, from New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον, from Ancient Greek κριτής, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European krinyéti, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

ostokriteeri (Finnish): purchase criterion

Definitions

  1. purchase criterion

Ancestry of “ostokriteeri”, step by step

ostokriteeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kriteeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkriteericriterion
2New Latincriterioncriterion
3Ancient Greekκριτήριονmeans of judging, criterion, test, standard;...
4Ancient Greekκριτήςumpire; judge
5Ancient GreekκρίνωTo separate, divide, part, distinguish between...
6Proto-Hellenickríňňō
7Proto-Indo-Europeankrinyéti
8Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

via Finnish osto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishostopurchase
2FinnishostaaTo buy, purchase
3Proto-Finnicostadakto buy
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European krinyétiEvery word from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō