Where does “arvolähetys” come from?
arvolähetys (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetys, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
arvolähetys (Finnish): delivery of valuables
Ancestry of “arvolähetys”, step by step
arvolähetys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lähetys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähetys | delivery; broadcast, transmission; evangelist... |
| 2 | Finnish | lähettää | to send; to dispatch; to ship |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish Arvo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Arvo | value, worth quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable |
| 2 | Finnish | Arvi | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | Arnviðr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | Arôwiduz | — |