Where does “lahjonta” come from?

lahjonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish lahjoa, from Finnish Lahja, from Finnish lahja, from Proto-Finnic lahja, from Proto-Germanic blahwjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlok-.

lahjonta (Finnish): bribery

Definitions

  1. bribery

Ancestry of “lahjonta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlahjoaTo bribe
2FinnishLahjapresent, gift
3Finnishlahjapresent, gift; talent, gift
4Proto-Finniclahjawedding gift
5Proto-Germanicblahwjǭ—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlok-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlok- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blahwjǭ →Every word from Proto-Finnic lahja →