Where does “vakuutusmeklari” come from?

vakuutusmeklari (Finnish) comes from Finnish meklari, from Swedish mäklare, from Swedish mäkla, from Low German mäkeln, from Middle Low German māken, from Old Saxon makōn, from Proto-West Germanic makōn, from Proto-Germanic makaz — to oil, knead; to knead, oil.

vakuutusmeklari (Finnish): insurance broker

Definitions

  1. insurance broker

Ancestry of “vakuutusmeklari”, step by step

vakuutusmeklari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish meklari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmeklaribroker
2Swedishmäklarea broker, a mediator
3SwedishmäklaIPA: /²ˈmɛkːˌla/; to broker, to mediate, to...
4Low Germanmäkeln
5Middle Low Germanmāken
6Old Saxonmakōnto make
7Proto-West Germanicmakōnto build, work, make
8Proto-Germanicmakazfit, suitable, agreeable, comfortable
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmaǵ-to oil, knead; to knead, oil

via Finnish vakuutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvakuutusinsurance; assurance or promise; oath of office
2Finnishvakuuttaato assert, assure, convince; to reassure; to...
3Finnishuuttaato extract; Third-person singular indicative...
4FinnishuuThe name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest
5LatinU
6LatinVve
7Etruscan?u
Every word from Proto-Indo-European maǵ-Every word from Proto-Germanic makazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic makōn