Where does “vaimous” come from?

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

vaimous (Finnish): wifehood

Definitions

  1. wifehood

Ancestry of “vaimous”, step by step

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