Where does “loisväki” come from?

loisväki (Finnish) comes from Finnish väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.

loisväki (Finnish): landless population living as lodgers

Definitions

  1. landless population living as lodgers

Ancestry of “loisväki”, step by step

loisväki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish väki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväkipeople, crowd; power, strength, force
2Icelandicvakihormone
3Arabicوَاقِعhappening, occurring; falling
4Arabicالنَّسْر الوَاقِعfalling eagle

via Finnish loinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloinenparasite; parasitic
2Finnishluo-—
Every word from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع →Every word from Arabic وَاقِع →Every word from Icelandic vaki →
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