Where does “monivammainen” come from?

monivammainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish vamma, from Proto-Norse *ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ, from Proto-Germanic wammaz, from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- — to spew, to vomit.

monivammainen (Finnish): multihandicapped having more than one handicap or disability

Definitions

  1. multihandicapped having more than one handicap or disability

Ancestry of “monivammainen”, step by step

monivammainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vamma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvammahandicap; injury
2Proto-Norse*ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ—
3Proto-Germanicwammazspot, stain, blemish
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit

via Finnish moni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonimany; few, quite a few; many people, many
2Proto-Finnicmonimany
3Proto-Finno-Permicmone—

Words derived from “monivammainen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- →