Where does “ärrävika” come from?
ärrävika (Finnish) comes from Finnish vika, from Finnish viimeinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
ärrävika (Finnish): derhotacization, rhotacism inability to pronounce the rolling "r" sound correctly
Definitions
- derhotacization, rhotacism inability to pronounce the rolling "r" sound correctly
Ancestry of “ärrävika”, step by step
ärrävika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vika | flaw, malfunction, failure, problem; fault; stain... |
| 2 | Finnish | viimeinen | last, final; nth last; dying |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish ärrä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ärrä | The letter R, r; The sound represented by that... |