Where does “vaesuspiir” come from?

vaesuspiir (Estonian) comes from Estonian vaesus, from Estonian vaene, from Proto-Finnic vaivainen.

vaesuspiir (Estonian): poverty line

Definitions

  1. poverty line

Ancestry of “vaesuspiir”, step by step

vaesuspiir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian vaesus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvaesuspoverty
2Estonianvaenepoor, not rich
3Proto-Finnicvaivainen—

via Estonian piir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpiirlimit; border
2Urduپیرfoot
3Classical Persianپِیر—
Every word from Proto-Finnic vaivainen →Every word from Estonian vaene →Every word from Estonian vaesus →