Where does “termiinikauppa” come from?
termiinikauppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish termiini, from Swedish termin, from German Termin, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos — boundary, end.
termiinikauppa (Finnish): forward trade deal between two parties to buy or to sell an asset at a specified future time at a price agreed upon today
Definitions
- forward trade deal between two parties to buy or to sell an asset at a specified future time at a price agreed upon today
Ancestry of “termiinikauppa”, step by step
termiinikauppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish termiini
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | termiini | forward contract |
| 2 | Swedish | termin | a semester, half of a school year, a term; a... |
| 3 | German | Termin | date; deadline; delivery date |
| 4 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 6 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 7 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |