Where does “väninä” come from?

väninä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vänistä, from Finnish -ista — Forms frequentative verbs.

väninä (Finnish): whining, complaining

Definitions

  1. whining, complaining

Ancestry of “väninä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvänistäto whine, complain
2Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs
Every word from Finnish -ista →Every word from Finnish vänistä →