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
- emission offset (credit), emission credit
Ancestry of “päästöhyvitys”, step by step
päästöhyvitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish päästö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päästö | emission; release |
| 2 | Old Swedish | fästa | to sign on, to engage |
| 3 | Old Norse | fasta | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fastāną | to observe, hold firm to; to fast, to abstain... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -āną | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives, later... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ajaną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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- | — |