Where does “voitontavoittelu” come from?
voitontavoittelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tavoittelu, from Finnish tavoitella, from Finnish tavoittaa, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr — to stand still; to harden.
voitontavoittelu (Finnish): profit motive, pursuit of profit pursuit of financial gain as a motivation for individuals and firms to conduct business
Definitions
- profit motive, pursuit of profit pursuit of financial gain as a motivation for individuals and firms to conduct business
Ancestry of “voitontavoittelu”, step by step
voitontavoittelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tavoittelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavoittelu | seeking, striving after |
| 2 | Finnish | tavoitella | to go for, seek, strive after; to try to grab or... |
| 3 | Finnish | tavoittaa | to catch, catch up; to reach |
| 4 | Finnish | tavata | to meet; to meet up; to find, to catch |
| 5 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 6 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 7 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 8 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 9 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |