Where does “rahaliitto” come from?

rahaliitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish liitto, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

rahaliitto (Finnish): monetary union

Definitions

  1. monetary union

Ancestry of “rahaliitto”, step by step

rahaliitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliittocooperation based on common agreement, union;...
2Finnishliittääto join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,...
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish raha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrahamoney; money, cash; money, wealth
2Proto-Finnicrahasquirrel pelt; money
3Proto-Germanicskrahōdry animal skin
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-