Where does “tarpeettomuus” come from?

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

tarpeettomuus (Finnish): uselessness, unnecessariness, redundancy

Definitions

  1. uselessness, unnecessariness, redundancy

Ancestry of “tarpeettomuus”, 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 →
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