Where does “pantinhaltija” come from?

pantinhaltija (Finnish) comes from Finnish pantti, from Middle Low German pant.

pantinhaltija (Finnish): pledgee

Definitions

  1. pledgee

Ancestry of “pantinhaltija”, step by step

pantinhaltija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pantti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpanttipledge; deposit
2Middle Low Germanpant—

via Finnish haltija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaltijaholder, occupant; possessor, occupant; elf
2Proto-Norseᚺᚨᛚᛞᛁᛃᚨᛉholder
Every word from Middle Low German pant →Every word from Finnish pantti →