Where does “arvopäivä” come from?
arvopäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish päivä, from Proto-Finnic päivä, from Proto-Uralic päjwä, from Proto-Uralic päje.
arvopäivä (Finnish): value date
Ancestry of “arvopäivä”, step by step
arvopäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish päivä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päivä | day; the sun |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | päivä | sun; day |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | päjwä | ? warmth; ? sun; ? fire |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | päje | — |
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 | — |