Where does “vakava” come from?

vakava (Finnish) comes from Finnish -va, from Proto-Finnic -pa, from Proto-Uralic -pa.

vakava (Finnish): serious; grave, sombre, solemn

Definitions

  1. serious; grave, sombre, solemn

Ancestry of “vakava”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-vaForms the present active participle of a verb,...
2Proto-Finnic-pa-ing; forms the present participle, which is...
3Proto-Uralic-pa

Words derived from “vakava

Every word from Proto-Uralic -paEvery word from Proto-Finnic -paEvery word from Finnish -va