Where does “vastikejäämä” come from?

vastikejäämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäämä, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

vastikejäämä (Finnish): the (cumulative) balance of fees charged and costs in a housing company (asunto-osakeyhtiö), either positive surplus or negative deficit

Definitions

  1. the (cumulative) balance of fees charged and costs in a housing company (asunto-osakeyhtiö), either positive surplus or negative deficit

Ancestry of “vastikejäämä”, step by step

vastikejäämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jäämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäämäremnant, residue; trace
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—

via Finnish vastike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvastikesubstitute; compensation, quid pro quo; dues
2Finnishvastatato answer, to reply; to respond
3Proto-Finnicvastat'akto answer, to reply
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →