Where does “vaimoke” come from?

vaimoke (Finnish) comes from Finnish ke, from Finnish kerä, from Finnish keralla, from Finnish kerralla — Adessive singular form of kerta; at one time,...

vaimoke (Finnish): wifelet; a wife in common-law marriage,...

Definitions

  1. wifelet; a wife in common-law marriage,...

Ancestry of “vaimoke”, step by step

vaimoke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkeAbbreviation of keskiviikko
2Finnishkeräball
3Finnishkerallawith, accompanying
4FinnishkerrallaAdessive singular form of kerta; at one time,...

via Finnish vaimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaimowife; woman, especially an elderly one
2Proto-Finnicvaimospirit, soul
3Proto-Uralicwajŋebreath
Every word from Finnish kerralla →