Where does “tulliviranomainen” come from?

tulliviranomainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tulli, from Swedish tull, from Proto-Germanic tullō, from Latin toloneum, from Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον, from Ancient Greek τελώνης, from Ancient Greek ὠνέομαι — price.

tulliviranomainen (Finnish): customs authority

Definitions

  1. customs authority

Ancestry of “tulliviranomainen”, step by step

tulliviranomainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tulli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtullicustoms; toll
2Swedishtulltoll; customs; custom house
3Proto-Germanictullōwhat is counted or told
4Latintoloneum
5Latinteloneumtoll booth; custom house
6Ancient Greekτελώνιονtoll-house
7Ancient Greekτελώνηςa farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or...
8Ancient Greekὠνέομαιto buy, purchase
9Ancient Greekὦνοςprice
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwosno-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanwesno-price

via Finnish viranomainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviranomainenofficial, public authority; officer or official...
2Finnish-omainen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wesno-
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