Where does “vastaavuussuhde” come from?

vastaavuussuhde (Finnish) comes from Finnish vastaavuus, from Finnish vastaava, from Finnish vastata, from Proto-Finnic vastat'ak — to answer, to reply.

vastaavuussuhde (Finnish): correlation a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship

Definitions

  1. correlation a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship

Ancestry of “vastaavuussuhde”, step by step

vastaavuussuhde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vastaavuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvastaavuuscorrespondingness, similarity
2Finnishvastaavacorresponding, similar, having equal effect;...
3Finnishvastatato answer, to reply; to respond
4Proto-Finnicvastat'akto answer, to reply

via Finnish suhde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuhdeproportion, ratio; relationship, affair; attitude
2Finnishsuhtaratio, proportion
Every word from Proto-Finnic vastat'akEvery word from Finnish vastataEvery word from Finnish vastaava