pääoma

== Finnish == === Etymology === pää (“head, top”) +‎ oma (“one's own”). As an economic term, first used in the late 18th century, and likely expanded from the grain-related sense. It is also possible that it was semantically equated with Medieval Latin capitāle, derived from caput (“head”), due to it containing the word pää (“head”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpæːˌomɑ/, [ˈpæːˌo̞mɑ̝] Rhymes: -omɑ Syllabification(key): pää‧o‧ma Hyphenation(key): pää‧oma === Noun === pääoma (accounting, finance) capital (finance) principal (money originally loaned or invested) (dated, dialectal) best grains, heaviest grains ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “pääoma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023