Where does “vaimo” come from?

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

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-Uralicwajŋebreath

Words derived from “vaimo”

Every word from Proto-Uralic wajŋe →