Where does “vainoaja” come from?

vainoaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish vainota, from Finnish Väinö, from Finnish Väinämöinen, from Finnish väinä — Synonym of suvanto.

vainoaja (Finnish): oppressor, persecutor

Definitions

  1. oppressor, persecutor

Ancestry of “vainoaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvainotaTo persecute
2FinnishVäinöpersecution
3FinnishVäinämöinenThe main hero of the Finnish national epic Kalevala
4FinnishväinäSynonym of suvanto
Every word from Finnish väinä →Every word from Finnish Väinämöinen →Every word from Finnish Väinö →