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Where does “ennalta-arvaamattomuus” come from?

ennalta-arvaamattomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ennalta-arvaamaton, from Finnish arvata, from Finnish ennalta, from Finnish -lta, from Proto-Finnic -lta.

ennalta-arvaamattomuus (Finnish): unpredictability

Definitions

  1. unpredictability

Ancestry of “ennalta-arvaamattomuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishennalta-arvaamatonunforeseeable, unimaginable
2Finnisharvatato guess
3Finnishennaltabeforehand
4Finnish-ltaforms the ablative case
5Proto-Finnic-lta—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -lta →