Where does “vajaasärmä” come from?

vajaasärmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish särmä, from Finnish särkeä, from Proto-Finnic särkedäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ćärke-.

vajaasärmä (Finnish): wane rounded corner in a board, caused by lack of wood, often showing bark

Definitions

  1. wane rounded corner in a board, caused by lack of wood, often showing bark

Ancestry of “vajaasärmä”, step by step

vajaasärmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish särmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsärmäedge
2Finnishsärkeäto break, shatter, smash cause to break into two or more pieces
3Proto-Finnicsärkedäkto be sore, to ache; to break
4Proto-Finno-Ugricćärke-—

via Finnish vajaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvajaanot full; partial, incomplete; shy; mentally...
2Proto-Finnicvajaganecessary, needed

Words derived from “vajaasärmä”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ćärke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic särkedäk →Every word from Finnish särkeä →