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Where does “vaivaispajunhapero” come from?

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

vaivaispajunhapero (Finnish): A brittlegill, "Russula saliceticola"

Definitions

  1. A brittlegill, "Russula saliceticola"

Ancestry of “vaivaispajunhapero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaivaispaju—
2Finnishvaivainenmeasly, paltry, miserable, wretched, pitiful,...
3Finnishvaivabother, inconvenience; ailment
4Proto-Finnicvaivabother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment
5Proto-Germanicwaiwôwoe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!
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