Where does “epämukavuus” come from?

epämukavuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish epämukava, from Finnish mukava, from Finnish -vä — Front vowel variant of -va.

epämukavuus (Finnish): inconvenience

Definitions

  1. inconvenience

Ancestry of “epämukavuus”, step by step

epämukavuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish epämukava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishepämukavauncomfortable; inconvenient
2Finnishmukavacomfortable; nice, pleasant; affable
3Finnish-väFront vowel variant of -va

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Finnish -vä →Every word from Finnish mukava →Every word from Finnish epämukava →