Where does “raskausmaha” come from?

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

raskausmaha (Finnish): pregnant belly

Definitions

  1. pregnant belly

Ancestry of “raskausmaha”, step by step

raskausmaha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish raskaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraskausheaviness, weight; seriousness, gravity;...
2Finnishraskasheavy; hard, laborious, strenuous, gruelling;...
3Proto-Finnicraskasheavy, weighty

via Finnish maha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahabelly
2Proto-Finnicmahastomach, belly
Every word from Proto-Finnic raskas →Every word from Finnish raskas →Every word from Finnish raskaus →