Where does “vaikealiukoinen” come from?

vaikealiukoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaikea, from Finnish vaiva, from Proto-Finnic vaiva, from Proto-Germanic waiwô, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

vaikealiukoinen (Finnish): poorly soluble, not readily soluble

Definitions

  1. poorly soluble, not readily soluble

Ancestry of “vaikealiukoinen”, step by step

vaikealiukoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaikea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvaikeaDifficult, hard
2Finnishvaivabother, inconvenience; ailment
3Proto-Finnicvaivabother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment
4Proto-Germanicwaiwôwoe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

via Finnish liukoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliukoinensoluble
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Germanic waiwô →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaiva →
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