Where does “arvsõna” come from?

arvsõna (Estonian) comes from Estonian arv, from Proto-Finnic arvo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric arwa — price, value.

arvsõna (Estonian): numeral, number

Definitions

  1. numeral, number

Ancestry of “arvsõna”, step by step

arvsõna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian arv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianarvnumber
2Proto-Finnicarvoworth, value
3Proto-Finno-Ugricarwaprice, value

via Estonian sõna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansõnaword
2Proto-Finnicsanaword
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric arwa →Every word from Proto-Finnic arvo →Every word from Estonian arv →