Where does “taittovika” come from?
taittovika (Finnish) comes from Finnish vika, from Finnish viimeinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
taittovika (Finnish): refractive error
Ancestry of “taittovika”, step by step
taittovika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vika | flaw, malfunction, failure, problem; fault; stain... |
| 2 | Finnish | viimeinen | last, final; nth last; dying |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish taitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taitto | layout |
| 2 | Finnish | taittaa | to fold; to break; to refract |
| 3 | Finnish | taipua | to become curved, to bend; to change one's... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | taipudak | — |