Where does “ostotarjous” come from?

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

ostotarjous (Finnish): buying offer

Definitions

  1. buying offer

Ancestry of “ostotarjous”, step by step

ostotarjous 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 osto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishostopurchase
2FinnishostaaTo buy, purchase
3Proto-Finnicostadakto buy
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ntaEvery word from Finnish -ntäEvery word from Finnish tarjo-
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