Where does “syntymävamma” come from?

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

syntymävamma (Finnish): accident of birth undesirable fact, situation, or personal characteristic resulting from the circumstances into which a person was born

Definitions

  1. accident of birth undesirable fact, situation, or personal characteristic resulting from the circumstances into which a person was born

Ancestry of “syntymävamma”, step by step

syntymävamma 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 syntymä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyntymäbirth
2Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁-
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