Where does “päästöhyvitys” come from?

päästöhyvitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish päästö, from Old Swedish fästa, from Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic fastāną, from Proto-Germanic -āną, from Proto-Germanic -ajaną, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

päästöhyvitys (Finnish): emission offset (credit), emission credit

Definitions

  1. emission offset (credit), emission credit

Ancestry of “päästöhyvitys”, step by step

päästöhyvitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päästö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäästöemission; release
2Old Swedishfästato sign on, to engage
3Old Norsefasta
4Proto-Germanicfastānąto observe, hold firm to; to fast, to abstain...
5Proto-Germanic-ānąCreates factitive verbs from adjectives, later...
6Proto-Germanic-ajaną
7Proto-Indo-European-oyétiCreates factitive verbs from adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she

via Finnish hyvitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyvitysrebate, refund; atonement
2FinnishhyvittääTo compensate, recompense, reimburse; To credit;...
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from Proto-Germanic -āną