Where does “evävakain” come from?

evävakain (Finnish) comes from Finnish vakain, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

evävakain (Finnish): stabilizer fin or similar device that prevents the excess rolling of a ship

Definitions

  1. stabilizer fin or similar device that prevents the excess rolling of a ship

Ancestry of “evävakain”, step by step

evävakain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vakain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvakainstabilizer; superlative degree of vakaa;...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish evä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheväfin
2Proto-Finniceväfin (appendage of a fish)
3Proto-Uralicewäfin
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish vakain →