Where does “tarpeettomasti” come from?

tarpeettomasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarpeeton, from Finnish tarve, from Proto-Finnic tarbeh, from Proto-Germanic þarbiz — useful.

tarpeettomasti (Finnish): needlessly, unnecessarily

Definitions

  1. needlessly, unnecessarily

Ancestry of “tarpeettomasti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarpeetonuseless, unnecessary, redundant, superfluous
2Finnishtarveneed; demand
3Proto-Finnictarbeh—
4Proto-Germanicþarbizuseful
Every word from Proto-Germanic þarbiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic tarbeh →Every word from Finnish tarve →