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Where does “avuntarjous” come from?

avuntarjous (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarjous, from Finnish tarjota, from Finnish tarjo-, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta.

avuntarjous (Finnish): offer for help

Definitions

  1. offer for help

Ancestry of “avuntarjous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarjousoffer, tender; on sale ; on offer
2Finnishtarjotato offer; to treat; to serve
3Finnishtarjo-—
4Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
5Proto-Finnic-nta—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →