Where does “vääristymä” come from?
vääristymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vääristyä, from Finnish vääristää, from Finnish väärä, from Old Swedish fahra, from Middle Low German vāre, from Old Saxon fāra, from Proto-Germanic fērō, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
vääristymä (Finnish): distortion
Definitions
- distortion
Ancestry of “vääristymä”, step by step
vääristymä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vääristyä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vääristyä | to distort or warp, become distorted or warped |
| 2 | Finnish | vääristää | to distort; to deform; to warp |
| 3 | Finnish | väärä | wrong, incorrect; false, erroneous; crooked,... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | fahra | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vāre | danger, persecution, fear |
| 6 | Old Saxon | fāra | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fērō | danger |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |