Where does “vaivaispajunrousku” come from?
vaivaispajunrousku (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!.
vaivaispajunrousku (Finnish): A milk-cap, "Lactarius salicisherbaceae"
Definitions
- A milk-cap, "Lactarius salicisherbaceae"
Ancestry of “vaivaispajunrousku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vaivaispaju | — |
| 2 | Finnish | vaivainen | measly, paltry, miserable, wretched, pitiful,... |
| 3 | Finnish | vaiva | bother, inconvenience; ailment |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vaiva | bother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | waiwô | woe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wai | oh!; woe! |