Where does “arvoleima” come from?
arvoleima (Finnish) comes from Finnish Arvo, from Finnish Arvi, from Old Norse Arnviðr, from Proto-Germanic Arôwiduz.
arvoleima (Finnish): stamp-postmark
Ancestry of “arvoleima”, step by step
arvoleima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via Finnish leima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leima | stamp; label, mark; stain, taint, stigma |
| 2 | Russian | клеймо́ | brand, stamp, identification mark |