Where does “vaihtovelkakirja” come from?
vaihtovelkakirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaihto, from Finnish vaihtaa, from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
vaihtovelkakirja (Finnish): convertible bond
Definitions
- convertible bond
Ancestry of “vaihtovelkakirja”, step by step
vaihtovelkakirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaihto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihto | exchange; swap; shift key |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |
via Finnish velkakirja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | velkakirja | promissory note, note; IOU |
| 2 | Finnish | kirja | book; quire |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kirja | decoration, carving, pattern |