Where does “arvonalennus” come from?

arvonalennus (Finnish) comes from Finnish alennus, from Finnish alentaa, from Finnish aleta, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

arvonalennus (Finnish): impairment, write-down, revaluation

Definitions

  1. impairment, write-down, revaluation

Ancestry of “arvonalennus”, step by step

arvonalennus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alennus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalennusdiscount; degradation; abasement
2FinnishalentaaTo lower, downgrade, decrease, reduce, diminish;...
3FinnishaletaTo descend, come/go down, move downwards;...
4Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
5Proto-Finnicalalower; under
6Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish Arvo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishArvovalue, worth quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
2FinnishArvi—
3Old NorseArnviðr—
4Proto-GermanicArôwiduz—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →