Where does “vaikeaselkoisuus” come from?

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

vaikeaselkoisuus (Finnish): being hard/difficult to understand or comprehend

Definitions

  1. being hard/difficult to understand or comprehend

Ancestry of “vaikeaselkoisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaikeaselkoinenprolix, abstruse
2FinnishvaikeaDifficult, hard
3Finnishvaivabother, inconvenience; ailment
4Proto-Finnicvaivabother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment
5Proto-Germanicwaiwôwoe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!
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