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Where does “vaivaispaju” come from?

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

Ancestry of “vaivaispaju”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaivainenmeasly, paltry, miserable, wretched, pitiful,...
2Finnishvaivabother, inconvenience; ailment
3Proto-Finnicvaivabother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment
4Proto-Germanicwaiwôwoe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “vaivaispaju”

  • vaivaispajunrousku
  • vaivaispajunhapero
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