Where does “tarvikesarja” come from?

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

tarvikesarja (Finnish): accessories kit, equipment kit

Definitions

  1. accessories kit, equipment kit

Ancestry of “tarvikesarja”, step by step

tarvikesarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarvike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarvikea minor utensil; accessory; article
2Finnishtarveneed; demand
3Proto-Finnictarbeh—
4Proto-Germanicþarbizuseful

via Finnish sarja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsarjaseries; chain, sequence, succession, train; set
2Proto-Finnicsarjarow of laths or battens; a board made of laths
3Proto-Finno-Permicśarjalath, batten, bar
Every word from Proto-Germanic þarbiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic tarbeh →Every word from Finnish tarve →