Where does “ratajärjestys” come from?
ratajärjestys (Finnish) comes from Finnish järjestys, from Finnish järjestää, from Finnish järki, from Proto-Finnic järki — row; order, condition.
ratajärjestys (Finnish): lane order
Definitions
- lane order
Ancestry of “ratajärjestys”, step by step
ratajärjestys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish järjestys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | järjestys | order; organization |
| 2 | Finnish | järjestää | to arrange; to organize |
| 3 | Finnish | järki | reason; sense |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | järki | row; order, condition |
via Finnish Rata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Rata | The former (Finnish) Financial Supervision Authority authority supervising financial markets and participants; merged with another authority in 2009 |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *rata | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tradō | way; track; spoor |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |