Where does “avustuspetos” come from?
avustuspetos (Finnish) comes from Finnish avustus, from Finnish avustaa, from Finnish apu, from Proto-Finnic apu — Alternative form of *api.
avustuspetos (Finnish): grant fraud
Ancestry of “avustuspetos”, step by step
avustuspetos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish avustus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | avustus | grant; contribution; relief, aid |
| 2 | Finnish | avustaa | To assist; To abet |
| 3 | Finnish | apu | help; assistance; helping hand |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | apu | Alternative form of *api |
via Finnish petos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | petos | betrayal, treachery, treason; fraud |
| 2 | Finnish | pettää | to cheat, con, swindle, defraud; to deceive,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pettädäk | to betray |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | spenˀstei | — |