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Where does “vävy” come from?

vävy (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic vävü, from Proto-Uralic wäŋew — son-in-law.

vävy (Finnish): son-in-law

Definitions

  1. son-in-law

Ancestry of “vävy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicvävüson-in-law
2Proto-Uralicwäŋewson-in-law

Words derived from “vävy”

  • vävypoika
Every word from Proto-Uralic wäŋew →