Where does “sivuvaimo” come from?

sivuvaimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaimo, from Proto-Finnic vaimo, from Proto-Uralic wajŋe — breath.

sivuvaimo (Finnish): concubine

Definitions

  1. concubine

Ancestry of “sivuvaimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaimowife; woman, especially an elderly one
2Proto-Finnicvaimospirit, soul
3Proto-Uralicwajŋebreath
Every word from Proto-Uralic wajŋe →