Where does “kirjanpitoarvo” come from?

kirjanpitoarvo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjanpito, from Finnish pito, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

kirjanpitoarvo (Finnish): book value

Definitions

  1. book value

Ancestry of “kirjanpitoarvo”, step by step

kirjanpitoarvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirjanpito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkirjanpitoBookkeeping, accounting; Books
2Finnishpitokeeping, upkeep; spending; traction
3Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
4Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
5Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish Arvo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishArvovalue, worth quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
2FinnishArvi—
3Old NorseArnviðr—
4Proto-GermanicArôwiduz—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →