Where does “sijoittaa” come from?
sijoittaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish sija, from Proto-Finnic sija, from Proto-Germanic stiją, from Proto-Indo-European steyh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
sijoittaa (Finnish): to set, locate, place; to backdrop; to invest
Definitions
- to set, locate, place; to backdrop; to invest
Ancestry of “sijoittaa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | sija | place, position, room, stead, instead; ranking;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sija | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | stiją | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | steyh₂- | to stiffen |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
Words derived from “sijoittaa”