Where does “perintätoimisto” come from?
perintätoimisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish toimisto, from Finnish Toimi, from Finnish toimi, from Proto-Finnic toimi, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...
perintätoimisto (Finnish): collection agency
Definitions
- collection agency
Ancestry of “perintätoimisto”, step by step
perintätoimisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish toimisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toimisto | office |
| 2 | Finnish | Toimi | chore, task, job, duty |
| 3 | Finnish | toimi | chore, task, job, duty; activities, business,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | toimi | work, task, chore |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | toodak | to bring |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | toxe- | to bring, give |
| 7 | Hungarian | -ik | Specifies "which" one of a specific set of... |
via Finnish perintä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perintä | debt collection; recovery of taxes; inheritance |
| 2 | Finnish | periä | to inherit; to exact, tariff, dun; Partitive... |
| 3 | Finnish | perätä | to dun, question, try to find out; especially in... |
| 4 | Finnish | perä | rear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side... |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | perä | — |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | *perä | hindquarters, back part of something |