Where does “kalpeakasvoinen” come from?
kalpeakasvoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvo, from Veps kazda, from Proto-Finnic kasvadak, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks-.
kalpeakasvoinen (Finnish): pale-faced
Ancestry of “kalpeakasvoinen”, step by step
kalpeakasvoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kasvo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kasvo | face; face, figure |
| 2 | Veps | kazda | to grow; to grow up; to increase |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kasvadak | to grow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewks- | — |
via Finnish kalpea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kalpea | pale, especially when referring to a person;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ea | A suffix for making adjectives from some nouns... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -eda | A generic adjective marker |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -eta | A generic adjective marker, attached to roots |