Where does “vaikeamaastoinen” come from?

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

vaikeamaastoinen (Finnish): with difficult terrain

Definitions

  1. with difficult terrain

Ancestry of “vaikeamaastoinen”, step by step

vaikeamaastoinen 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 maasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaastoterrain
2Finnishmääbaa; I
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →