Where does “lahjoitusvarat” come from?

lahjoitusvarat (Finnish) comes from Finnish lahjoitus, from Finnish lahjoittaa, from Finnish Lahja, from Finnish lahja, from Proto-Finnic lahja, from Proto-Germanic blahwjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlok-.

lahjoitusvarat (Finnish): donated funds, endowment funds

Definitions

  1. donated funds, endowment funds

Ancestry of “lahjoitusvarat”, step by step

lahjoitusvarat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lahjoitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlahjoitusdonation
2Finnishlahjoittaato donate
3FinnishLahjapresent, gift
4Finnishlahjapresent, gift; talent, gift
5Proto-Finniclahjawedding gift
6Proto-Germanicblahwjǭ—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlok-—

via Finnish vara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarareserve, backup; resources, reserves, funds,...
2Proto-Germanicwarōattention, care
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlok- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blahwjǭ →Every word from Proto-Finnic lahja →