Where does “väittää” come from?

väittää (Finnish) comes from Finnish väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.

väittää (Finnish): To claim, contend, assert, argue, maintain; to...

Definitions

  1. To claim, contend, assert, argue, maintain; to...

Ancestry of “väittää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväkipeople, crowd; power, strength, force
2Icelandicvakihormone
3Arabicوَاقِعhappening, occurring; falling
4Arabicالنَّسْر الوَاقِعfalling eagle

Words derived from “väittää”

Every word from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع →Every word from Arabic وَاقِع →Every word from Icelandic vaki →