Where does “jalkavaimo” come from?
jalkavaimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaimo, from Proto-Finnic vaimo, from Proto-Uralic wajŋe.
jalkavaimo (Finnish): concubine
Ancestry of “jalkavaimo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vaimo | wife; woman, especially an elderly one |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vaimo | spirit, soul |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | wajŋe | — |