Where does “ristijousto” come from?

ristijousto (Finnish) comes from Finnish jousto, from Finnish joustaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

ristijousto (Finnish): cross-price elasticity

Definitions

  1. cross-price elasticity

Ancestry of “ristijousto”, step by step

ristijousto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jousto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjoustoflexibility, flex; elasticity
2Finnishjoustaato yield, bend
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish Risti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRisticross
2Finnish-iäinenFront vowel variant of -iainen
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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