Where does “kuolemanvakava” come from?
kuolemanvakava (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuolema, from Proto-Finnic koolema, from Proto-Finnic kooldak, from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.
kuolemanvakava (Finnish): dead-serious, deadly serious
Definitions
- dead-serious, deadly serious
Ancestry of “kuolemanvakava”, step by step
kuolemanvakava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuolema
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuolema | death, demise, decease; deathly |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | koolema | death |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kooldak | to die |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kale- | to die |
via Finnish vakava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vakava | serious; grave, sombre, solemn |
| 2 | Finnish | -va | Forms the present active participle of a verb,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -pa | -ing; forms the present participle, which is... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -pa | — |
Words derived from “kuolemanvakava”