Where does “ruumiinvamma” come from?

ruumiinvamma (Finnish) comes from Finnish vamma, from Proto-Norse *ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ, from Proto-Germanic wammaz, from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- — to spew, to vomit.

ruumiinvamma (Finnish): bodily injury

Definitions

  1. bodily injury

Ancestry of “ruumiinvamma”, step by step

ruumiinvamma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vamma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvammahandicap; injury
2Proto-Norse*ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ—
3Proto-Germanicwammazspot, stain, blemish
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit

via Finnish ruumis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruumisbody; corpse, cadaver
2Proto-Finnicruumisbody
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wammaz →Every word from Proto-Norse *ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ →
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