Where does “arvailu” come from?

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

arvailu (Finnish): act of guessing; guesswork

Definitions

  1. act of guessing; guesswork

Ancestry of “arvailu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisharvaillaTo guess
2Finnisharvatato guess
3Finnishennaltabeforehand
4Finnish-ltaforms the ablative case
5Proto-Finnic-ltaAblative case ending
Every word from Proto-Finnic -lta →Every word from Finnish -lta →Every word from Finnish ennalta →