Where does “roskaväki” come from?

roskaväki (Finnish) comes from Finnish väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.

roskaväki (Finnish): trash people of low social status or class, riffraff

Definitions

  1. trash people of low social status or class, riffraff

Ancestry of “roskaväki”, step by step

roskaväki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish väki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväkipeople, crowd; power, strength, force
2Icelandicvakihormone
3Arabicوَاقِعhappening, occurring; falling
4Arabicالنَّسْر الوَاقِعfalling eagle

via Finnish roska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishroskalitter, trash, rubbish
2Swedishroskfilth, garbage
Every word from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع →Every word from Arabic وَاقِع →Every word from Icelandic vaki →