Where does “äkkiarvaamatta” come from?

äkkiarvaamatta (Finnish) comes from Finnish arvata, from Finnish ennalta, from Finnish -lta, from Proto-Finnic -lta — Ablative case ending.

äkkiarvaamatta (Finnish): all of a sudden

Definitions

  1. all of a sudden

Ancestry of “äkkiarvaamatta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisharvatato guess
2Finnishennaltabeforehand
3Finnish-ltaforms the ablative case
4Proto-Finnic-ltaAblative case ending
Every word from Proto-Finnic -lta →Every word from Finnish -lta →Every word from Finnish ennalta →