Where does “vahingoittaa” come from?

vahingoittaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish vahinko, from Proto-Finnic vahinko — mishap, accident.

vahingoittaa (Finnish): to damage; to harm, to injure; to prejudice

Definitions

  1. to damage; to harm, to injure; to prejudice

Ancestry of “vahingoittaa”, step by step

vahingoittaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vahinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahinkomishap; accident; damage
2Proto-Finnicvahinkomishap, accident

via Finnish oittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoittaa

Words derived from “vahingoittaa

Every word from Proto-Finnic vahinkoEvery word from Finnish vahinko