Where does “omantunnonvaiva” come from?

omantunnonvaiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish omatunto, from Finnish tunto, from Finnish tuntea, from Proto-Finnic tuntedak, from Proto-Uralic tumte- — to know.

omantunnonvaiva (Finnish): remorse of conscience

Definitions

  1. remorse of conscience

Ancestry of “omantunnonvaiva”, step by step

omantunnonvaiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish omatunto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishomatuntoconscience
2Finnishtuntotouch; feeling, sensation
3Finnishtunteato feel, sense; to know, be familiar with
4Proto-Finnictuntedakto know; to feel
5Proto-Uralictumte-to know

via Finnish vaiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaivabother, inconvenience; ailment
2Proto-Finnicvaivabother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment
3Proto-Germanicwaiwôwoe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!
Every word from Proto-Uralic tumte- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuntedak →Every word from Finnish tuntea →