Where does “tehokkuustappio” come from?

tehokkuustappio (Finnish) comes from Finnish tehokkuus, from Finnish tehokas, from Finnish teho, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tehokkuustappio (Finnish): deadweight loss

Definitions

  1. deadweight loss

Ancestry of “tehokkuustappio”, step by step

tehokkuustappio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tehokkuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehokkuusefficiency; effectivity, effectiveness
2Finnishtehokaspowerful, potent; efficient; effective
3Finnishtehopower, effect; power; throughout
4Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
5Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
6Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish tappio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtappiodefeat; operating loss; loss, casualty
2Swedishtäppato block or obstruct a passage, "e.g." a leak
3Old Norsetapato lose
4Proto-Germanictappōnąto tap
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Uralic teke-Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk