Where does “vaikeuskerroin” come from?
vaikeuskerroin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerroin, from Finnish kertoa, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
vaikeuskerroin (Finnish): coefficient (or factor) of difficulty
Definitions
- coefficient (or factor) of difficulty
Ancestry of “vaikeuskerroin”, step by step
vaikeuskerroin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kerroin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerroin | coefficient, factor; index; multiplier |
| 2 | Finnish | kertoa | to tell; to multiply; to have it |
| 3 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |
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! |