Where does “vaiva” come from?

vaiva (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic vaiva, from Proto-Germanic waiwô, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

vaiva (Finnish): bother, inconvenience; ailment

Definitions

  1. bother, inconvenience; ailment

Ancestry of “vaiva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicvaivabother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment
2Proto-Germanicwaiwôwoe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “vaiva”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Germanic waiwô →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaiva →