Where does “kerettiläisvaino” come from?

kerettiläisvaino (Finnish) comes from Finnish Väinö, from Finnish Väinämöinen, from Finnish väinä — Synonym of suvanto.

kerettiläisvaino (Finnish): persecution of heretics

Definitions

  1. persecution of heretics

Ancestry of “kerettiläisvaino”, step by step

kerettiläisvaino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Väinö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVäinöpersecution
2FinnishVäinämöinenThe main hero of the Finnish national epic Kalevala
3FinnishväinäSynonym of suvanto

via Finnish kerettiläinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkerettiläinenheretic
Every word from Finnish väinä →Every word from Finnish Väinämöinen →Every word from Finnish Väinö →