Where does “riskitön” come from?
riskitön (Finnish) comes from Finnish riski, from Swedish risk, from French risqué, from Middle French risque, from Italian rischiare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
riskitön (Finnish): riskless, risk-free
Definitions
- riskless, risk-free
Ancestry of “riskitön”, step by step
riskitön traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish riski
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | riski | risk; chance; strong |
| 2 | Swedish | risk | risk |
| 3 | French | risqué | risky; risque, risqué; past participle of risquer |
| 4 | Middle French | risque | — |
| 5 | Italian | rischiare | to risk, take the plunge |
| 6 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 7 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Finnish ton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ton | Genitive singular form of toi; Accusative... |