Where does “arvelu” come from?
arvelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish arvella, from Finnish arvata, from Finnish ennalta, from Finnish -lta, from Proto-Finnic -lta.
arvelu (Finnish): conjecture
Ancestry of “arvelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | arvella | to suppose, think, believe; to speculate;... |
| 2 | Finnish | arvata | to guess |
| 3 | Finnish | ennalta | beforehand |
| 4 | Finnish | -lta | forms the ablative case |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -lta | — |