Where does “itsehalveksinta” come from?

itsehalveksinta (Finnish) comes from Finnish halveksinta, from Finnish halveksia, from Finnish halpa, from Proto-Finnic halpa, from Proto-Germanic salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European salw-.

itsehalveksinta (Finnish): self-contempt

Definitions

  1. self-contempt

Ancestry of “itsehalveksinta”, step by step

itsehalveksinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish halveksinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalveksintacontempt
2FinnishhalveksiaTo despise, scorn, look down on, sneer at,...
3Finnishhalpacheap
4Proto-Finnichalpacheap; bad
5Proto-Germanicsalwazdusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow
6Proto-Indo-Europeansalw-—

via Finnish itse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitseoneself; used to emphasize the person of the head...
2Proto-Finnicicekself
3Hebrewיצחקto laugh
Every word from Proto-Indo-European salw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic salwaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic halpa →
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