Where does “jalkainvalidi” come from?

jalkainvalidi (Finnish) comes from Finnish invalidi, from English invalid, from English in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in — in.

jalkainvalidi (Finnish): a person missing a foot or both feet

Definitions

  1. a person missing a foot or both feet

Ancestry of “jalkainvalidi”, step by step

jalkainvalidi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish invalidi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishinvalidiA person with a disability or a handicap; not...
2EnglishinvalidNot valid; not true, correct, acceptable or...
3Englishin-in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...
4Middle Englishin-
5Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
6Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
7Proto-West Germanic*in
8Proto-Germanicinin; into
9Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én