Where does “päästövähennys” come from?
päästövähennys (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.
päästövähennys (Finnish): emission reduction
Definitions
- emission reduction
Ancestry of “päästövähennys”, step by step
päästövähennys 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 vähennys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vähennys | decrease; subtraction, deduction |
| 2 | Finnish | vähentää | To decrease, reduce, diminish; To deduct; To... |
| 3 | Ingrian | vähä | little, small; scanty, meagre; little, few |
| 4 | Ingrian | -in | Forms adjectives indicating the material of which something is made; -en |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |