Where does “jalkavaimo” come from?

jalkavaimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaimo, from Proto-Finnic vaimo, from Proto-Uralic wajŋe — breath.

jalkavaimo (Finnish): concubine

Definitions

  1. concubine

Ancestry of “jalkavaimo”, step by step

jalkavaimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaimowife; woman, especially an elderly one
2Proto-Finnicvaimospirit, soul
3Proto-Uralicwajŋebreath

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic wajŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaimo →Every word from Finnish vaimo →