Where does “valotusarvo” come from?
valotusarvo (Finnish) comes from Finnish valotus, from Finnish valottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
valotusarvo (Finnish): exposure value
Ancestry of “valotusarvo”, step by step
valotusarvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valotus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valotus | exposure |
| 2 | Finnish | valottaa | To expose; To illuminate |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish Arvo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Arvo | value, worth quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable |
| 2 | Finnish | Arvi | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | Arnviðr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | Arôwiduz | — |