Where does “kurinpitovaikeus” come from?
kurinpitovaikeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaikeus, from Finnish vaikea, from Finnish vaiva, from Proto-Finnic vaiva, from Proto-Germanic waiwô, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.
kurinpitovaikeus (Finnish): difficulty to discipline or keep discipline
Definitions
- difficulty to discipline or keep discipline
Ancestry of “kurinpitovaikeus”, step by step
kurinpitovaikeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaikeus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaikeus | difficulty; hardship |
| 2 | Finnish | vaikea | Difficult, hard |
| 3 | Finnish | vaiva | bother, inconvenience; ailment |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vaiva | bother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | waiwô | woe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wai | oh!; woe! |
via Finnish kurinpito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kurinpito | discipline systematic method of obtaining obedience |
| 2 | Finnish | kuri | discipline; Short for kuritushuone; canyon |
| 3 | Finnish | kuru | gorge, gulch, ravine, flume; canyon; kuru |
| 4 | English | kuru | A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कुरु | Name of a people of India and of their country;... |