Where does “avuntarjous” come from?

avuntarjous (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarjous, from Finnish tarjota, from Finnish tarjo-, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

avuntarjous (Finnish): offer for help

Definitions

  1. offer for help

Ancestry of “avuntarjous”, step by step

avuntarjous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarjous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarjousoffer, bid, tender
2Finnishtarjotato offer; to treat; to serve
3Finnishtarjo-—
4Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
5Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish apu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapuhelp; assistance; helping hand
2Proto-FinnicapuAlternative form of *api
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish tarjo- →