Where does “aviopetos” come from?

aviopetos (Finnish) comes from Finnish petos, from Finnish pettää, from Proto-Finnic pettädäk, from Proto-Baltic spenˀstei.

aviopetos (Finnish): The act of enticing someone to marry or to give a...

Definitions

  1. The act of enticing someone to marry or to give a...

Ancestry of “aviopetos”, step by step

aviopetos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish petos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpetosbetrayal, treachery, treason; fraud
2Finnishpettääto cheat, con, swindle, defraud; to deceive,...
3Proto-Finnicpettädäkto betray
4Proto-Balticspenˀstei—

via Finnish avio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaviomarriage; marital or married
2Finnishava-—
Every word from Proto-Baltic spenˀstei →Every word from Proto-Finnic pettädäk →Every word from Finnish pettää →