Where does “termiinikurssi” come from?
termiinikurssi (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.
termiinikurssi (Finnish): forward rate (especially that of a currency)
Definitions
- forward rate (especially that of a currency)
Ancestry of “termiinikurssi”, step by step
termiinikurssi 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 |
via Finnish kurssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kurssi | class, course; course; rate, exchange rate |
| 2 | Swedish | kurs | course, class; course, the intended passage of... |
| 3 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 4 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |