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Where does “oppimisvaikeus” come from?

oppimisvaikeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaikeus, from Finnish vaikea, from Finnish vaiva, from Proto-Finnic vaiva, from Proto-Germanic waiwô, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

oppimisvaikeus (Finnish): learning difficulty, learning disability

Definitions

  1. learning difficulty, learning disability

Ancestry of “oppimisvaikeus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaikeusdifficulty; hardship
2FinnishvaikeaDifficult, hard
3Finnishvaivabother, inconvenience; ailment
4Proto-Finnicvaivabother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment
5Proto-Germanicwaiwôwoe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!
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