Where does “patenttiasiamies” come from?

patenttiasiamies (Finnish) comes from Finnish patentti, from Swedish patent, from French patente, from Latin patēns, from Latin pateō, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.

patenttiasiamies (Finnish): patent agent, patent attorney

Definitions

  1. patent agent, patent attorney

Ancestry of “patenttiasiamies”, step by step

patenttiasiamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish patentti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpatenttipatent
2Swedishpatentpatent
3Frenchpatentepatent
4Latinpatēnsbeing opening; open
5Latinpateōto be open, accessible, attainable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly

via Finnish asiamies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishasiamiesAn agent
2Finnishmiesman; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
4Proto-Finnicmeexes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peth₂-