Where does “arviolasku” come from?

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

arviolasku (Finnish): estimated bill

Definitions

  1. estimated bill

Ancestry of “arviolasku”, step by step

arviolasku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish arvio

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

via Finnish lasku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaskudescent, an instance of descending, sliding down...
2Voticlaskõato let go, let loose, release
3Proto-Finniclaskedakto drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow
4Proto-Uraliclaćke-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -lta →Every word from Finnish -lta →Every word from Finnish ennalta →