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Where does “vaimo” come from?

vaimo (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic vaimo, from Proto-Uralic wajŋe.

vaimo (Finnish): wife; woman, especially an elderly one

Definitions

  1. wife; woman, especially an elderly one

Ancestry of “vaimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicvaimospirit, soul
2Proto-Uralicwajŋe—

Words derived from “vaimo”

  • vaimoke
  • aviovaimo
  • jalkavaimo
  • apuvaimo
  • avovaimo
  • yksivaimoisuus
  • yksivaimoinen
Every word from Proto-Uralic wajŋe →