Where does “rahatoimikamari” come from?
rahatoimikamari (Finnish) comes from Finnish kamari, from Swedish kammare, from Old Norse kamarr, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα, from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati — to bend, to curve.
rahatoimikamari (Finnish): chamber of finance; a public agency of a city government responsible for financial matters, e.g. management of assets, tax collection and planning the budget
Definitions
- chamber of finance; a public agency of a city government responsible for financial matters, e.g. management of assets, tax collection and planning the budget
Ancestry of “rahatoimikamari”, step by step
rahatoimikamari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kamari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kamari | chamber, bedroom; house |
| 2 | Swedish | kammare | a chamber, a room; a small space, a chamber; an... |
| 3 | Old Norse | kamarr | privy |
| 4 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Finnish rahatoimi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rahatoimi | financial management, management of financial affairs, especially those of some public organization such as a municipal government |
| 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... |