Where does “tarjouskirja” come from?

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

tarjouskirja (Finnish): order book

Definitions

  1. order book

Ancestry of “tarjouskirja”, step by step

tarjouskirja 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 kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish tarjo- →