Where does “arviomies” come from?

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

arviomies (Finnish): assessor one who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation

Definitions

  1. assessor one who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation

Ancestry of “arviomies”, step by step

arviomies 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 mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -lta →Every word from Finnish -lta →Every word from Finnish ennalta →