Where does “kavaluus” come from?

kavaluus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kavala, from Proto-Finnic kavala — treacherous, cunning, sly.

kavaluus (Finnish): treachery, treacherousness

Definitions

  1. treachery, treacherousness

Ancestry of “kavaluus”, step by step

kavaluus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kavala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkavalatreacherous
2Proto-Finnickavalatreacherous, cunning, sly

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic kavala →Every word from Finnish kavala →