Where does “ihmisraukka” come from?

ihmisraukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish ihminen, from Finnish inhiminen, from Proto-Finnic inhiminen — human, human being.

ihmisraukka (Finnish): poor thing, poor person, pitiful person

Definitions

  1. poor thing, poor person, pitiful person

Ancestry of “ihmisraukka”, step by step

ihmisraukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen—
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being

via Finnish raukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraukkawretch; coward; poor thing
2Proto-Finnicraukkawretch, poor thing
Every word from Proto-Finnic inhiminen →Every word from Finnish inhiminen →Every word from Finnish ihminen →