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Where does “vajaavaltainen” come from?

vajaavaltainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -valtainen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

vajaavaltainen (Finnish): An incompetent person; Incompetent

Definitions

  1. An incompetent person; Incompetent

Ancestry of “vajaavaltainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-valtainendominated by; -powered
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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