Where does “veropetos” come from?

veropetos (Finnish) comes from Finnish petos, from Finnish pettää, from Proto-Finnic pettädäk, from Proto-Baltic spenˀstei.

veropetos (Finnish): tax fraud

Definitions

  1. tax fraud

Ancestry of “veropetos”, step by step

veropetos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish petos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpetosbetrayal, treachery, treason; fraud
2Finnishpettääto cheat, con, swindle, defraud; to deceive,...
3Proto-Finnicpettädäkto betray
4Proto-Balticspenˀstei—

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal
Every word from Proto-Baltic spenˀstei →Every word from Proto-Finnic pettädäk →Every word from Finnish pettää →