Where does “arvausleikki” come from?

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

arvausleikki (Finnish): guessing game like those played by children

Definitions

  1. guessing game like those played by children

Ancestry of “arvausleikki”, step by step

arvausleikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish arvaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisharvausguess
2Finnisharvatato guess
3Finnishennaltabeforehand
4Finnish-ltaforms the ablative case
5Proto-Finnic-ltaAblative case ending

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -lta →