Where does “erityisvaikeus” come from?

erityisvaikeus (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!.

erityisvaikeus (Finnish): specific difficulty, specific disorder

Definitions

  1. specific difficulty, specific disorder

Ancestry of “erityisvaikeus”, step by step

erityisvaikeus 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 erityinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisherityinenspecial; specific
2Finnisheridifferent, other, another; different, separate;...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*erei—
4Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...
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