Where does “naimatarjous” come from?

naimatarjous (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarjous, from Finnish tarjota, from Finnish tarjo-, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

naimatarjous (Finnish): offer of marriage, proposal of marriage

Definitions

  1. offer of marriage, proposal of marriage

Ancestry of “naimatarjous”, step by step

naimatarjous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarjous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarjousoffer, bid, tender
2Finnishtarjotato offer; to treat; to serve
3Finnishtarjo-—
4Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
5Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish naida

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaidato marry; to have sex with somebody, copulate...
2Proto-Finnicnaidakto marry
3Proto-Finno-Ugricnaje-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish tarjo- →