Where does “vaivaisenluu” come from?
vaivaisenluu (Finnish) comes from Finnish luu, from Proto-Finnic luu, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás — fox.
vaivaisenluu (Finnish): bunion
Definitions
- bunion
Ancestry of “vaivaisenluu”, step by step
vaivaisenluu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish luu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luu | bone |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | luu | bone |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |
via Finnish vaivainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaivainen | measly, paltry, miserable, wretched, pitiful,... |
| 2 | Finnish | vaiva | bother, inconvenience; ailment |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vaiva | bother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | waiwô | woe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wai | oh!; woe! |