Where does “riskiraja” come from?

riskiraja (Finnish) comes from Finnish raja, from Old East Slavic краи, from Proto-Slavic krajь, from Proto-Slavic krojiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic krájīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-eye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European kroh₁y- — to sift, to separate.

riskiraja (Finnish): risk tolerance, risk threshold

Definitions

  1. risk tolerance, risk threshold

Ancestry of “riskiraja”, step by step

riskiraja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish raja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrajaborder, boundary, limit, line line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions
2Old East Slavicкраиedge; land, country
3Proto-Slavickrajьedge, end
4Proto-Slavickrojitito cut
5Proto-Balto-Slavickrájīˀtei
6Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-eye-ti
7Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-
8Proto-Indo-Europeankroh₁y-
9Proto-Indo-Europeankreh₁y-to sift, to separate

via Finnish riski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriskirisk; chance; strong
2Swedishriskrisk
3Frenchrisquérisky; risque, risqué; past participle of risquer
4Middle Frenchrisque
5Italianrischiareto risk, take the plunge
6Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
7Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreh₁y-
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