Where does “arve” come from?
arve (Estonian) comes from Estonian arvama, from Estonian arv, from Proto-Finnic arvo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric arwa — price, value.
arve (Estonian): account; bill; record
Ancestry of “arve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | arvama | to believe, to assume, to think; to assign to a... |
| 2 | Estonian | arv | number |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | arvo | worth, value |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | arwa | price, value |
Words derived from “arve”