Where does “vaikeusaste” come from?
vaikeusaste (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaikeus, from Finnish vaikea, from Finnish vaiva, from Proto-Finnic vaiva, from Proto-Germanic waiwô, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.
vaikeusaste (Finnish): degree of difficulty
Definitions
- degree of difficulty
Ancestry of “vaikeusaste”, step by step
vaikeusaste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaikeus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaikeus | difficulty; hardship |
| 2 | Finnish | vaikea | Difficult, hard |
| 3 | Finnish | vaiva | bother, inconvenience; ailment |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vaiva | bother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | waiwô | woe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wai | oh!; woe! |