Where does “alkuvaikeudet” come from?

alkuvaikeudet (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaikeus, from Finnish vaikea, from Finnish vaiva, from Proto-Finnic vaiva, from Proto-Germanic waiwô, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

alkuvaikeudet (Finnish): initial difficulties, initial troubles

Definitions

  1. initial difficulties, initial troubles

Ancestry of “alkuvaikeudet”, step by step

alkuvaikeudet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaikeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaikeusdifficulty; hardship
2FinnishvaikeaDifficult, hard
3Finnishvaivabother, inconvenience; ailment
4Proto-Finnicvaivabother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment
5Proto-Germanicwaiwôwoe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

via Finnish alku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkustart, beginning, inception, incipience; first,...
2Finnishalkaato begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
3Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
4Proto-Uralicalka-beginning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Germanic waiwô →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaiva →