Where does “raskaus” come from?

raskaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish raskas, from Proto-Finnic raskas — heavy, weighty.

raskaus (Finnish): heaviness, weight; seriousness, gravity;...

Definitions

  1. heaviness, weight; seriousness, gravity;...

Ancestry of “raskaus”, step by step

raskaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish raskas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraskasheavy; hard, laborious, strenuous, gruelling;...
2Proto-Finnicraskasheavy, weighty

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “raskaus

Every word from Proto-Finnic raskasEvery word from Finnish raskas