Where does “vaikeapääsyinen” come from?

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

vaikeapääsyinen (Finnish): difficult to access

Definitions

  1. difficult to access

Ancestry of “vaikeapääsyinen”, step by step

vaikeapääsyinen 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 pääsy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpääsyaccess, clearance; admission
2Finnishpäästäto get to, reach, arrive at/in; to get to go, be...
3Finnishpäähead; end, tip
4Proto-Finnicpäähead
5Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →