Where does “vaikeavammainen” come from?

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

vaikeavammainen (Finnish): severely disabled

Definitions

  1. severely disabled

Ancestry of “vaikeavammainen”, step by step

vaikeavammainen 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 vamma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvammahandicap; injury
2Proto-Norse*ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ—
3Proto-Germanicwammazspot, stain, blemish
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →