Where does “vaihtoehtoiskustannus” come from?
vaihtoehtoiskustannus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kustannus, from Finnish kustantaa, from Swedish kosta, from Old Norse kosta, from Old Norse naðr, from Proto-Germanic nadrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European néh₁treh₂.
vaihtoehtoiskustannus (Finnish): opportunity cost
Definitions
- opportunity cost
Ancestry of “vaihtoehtoiskustannus”, step by step
vaihtoehtoiskustannus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kustannus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kustannus | expense, cost; publishing |
| 2 | Finnish | kustantaa | to publish; to sponsor, finance; to cover the... |
| 3 | Swedish | kosta | to cost |
| 4 | Old Norse | kosta | to try; to exert oneself, strive; to injure, hurt |
| 5 | Old Norse | naðr | snake |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nadrǭ | adder; snake in general |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₁treh₂ | — |
via Finnish vaihtoehtoinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihtoehtoinen | alternative |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihtoehto | alternative, option |
| 3 | Finnish | vaihto | exchange; swap; shift key |
| 4 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |