Where does “tarjous” come from?

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

tarjous (Finnish): offer, bid, tender

Definitions

  1. offer, bid, tender

Ancestry of “tarjous”, step by step

tarjous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarjota

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

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “tarjous

Every word from Proto-Finnic -ntaEvery word from Finnish -ntäEvery word from Finnish tarjo-