Where does “avuntarve” come from?
avuntarve (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarve, from Proto-Finnic tarbeh, from Proto-Germanic þarbiz — useful.
avuntarve (Finnish): need for help
Ancestry of “avuntarve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tarve | need; demand |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | tarbeh | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þarbiz | useful |