Where does “lonkkavika” come from?
lonkkavika (Finnish) comes from Finnish vika, from Finnish viimeinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
lonkkavika (Finnish): hip dysplasia
Ancestry of “lonkkavika”, step by step
lonkkavika 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 lonkka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lonkka | hip, haunch; lonkalta: from the hip |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hlankō | A bend; curve; side; flank; hip |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hlankaz | flexible; bendsome; slim; slender; sleek |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kleng- | to turn, bend; to bend, turn, wind, twist |