Where does “laatuvika” come from?
laatuvika (Finnish) comes from Finnish vika, from Finnish viimeinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
laatuvika (Finnish): quality defect
Ancestry of “laatuvika”, step by step
laatuvika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vika | flaw, malfunction, failure, problem; fault; stain... |
| 2 | Finnish | viimeinen | last, final; nth last; dying |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish laatu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laatu | quality; sort, kind |
| 2 | Russian | лад | harmony, concord; manner, way; mode; fret |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | ladъ | harmony, order |