Where does “uskonvaino” come from?

uskonvaino (Finnish) comes from Finnish Väinö, from Finnish Väinämöinen, from Finnish väinä — Synonym of suvanto.

uskonvaino (Finnish): religious persecution

Definitions

  1. religious persecution

Ancestry of “uskonvaino”, step by step

uskonvaino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Väinö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVäinöpersecution
2FinnishVäinämöinenThe main hero of the Finnish national epic Kalevala
3FinnishväinäSynonym of suvanto

via Finnish usko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuskofaith; religious; Indicative present connegative...
2Proto-Finnic*uskofaith, belief
Every word from Finnish väinä →Every word from Finnish Väinämöinen →Every word from Finnish Väinö →