Where does “vaatelias” come from?

vaatelias (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaatia, from Proto-Germanic wadjōną, from Proto-Germanic wadją, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- — to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

vaatelias (Finnish): choosy, demanding, exacting

Definitions

  1. choosy, demanding, exacting

Ancestry of “vaatelias”, step by step

vaatelias traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaatia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaatiato demand, insist, require, call for, ask; to...
2Proto-Germanicwadjōnąto wager, to pledge
3Proto-Germanicwadjąwager, stake, pledge
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰ-to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

via Finnish Elias

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishEliasElijah, Elias biblical character
2Ancient GreekἨλίαςElijah, an Israelite prophet
3Hebrewאֵלִיָּה{{l|en|Jah}} is my God

Words derived from “vaatelias”

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