Where does “vasarahinta” come from?

vasarahinta (Finnish) comes from Finnish vasara, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

vasarahinta (Finnish): hammer price the price at which something is sold at auction; the final bid in an auction

Definitions

  1. hammer price the price at which something is sold at auction; the final bid in an auction

Ancestry of “vasarahinta”, step by step

vasarahinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vasara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvasarahammer; malleus, hammer
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish hinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhintaprice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*hinta—
3Proto-Balticśímta—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →