Where does “vakavahenkinen” come from?
vakavahenkinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish vakava, from Finnish -va, from Proto-Finnic -pa, from Proto-Uralic -pa.
vakavahenkinen (Finnish): serious not jocular or light-hearted
Definitions
- serious not jocular or light-hearted
Ancestry of “vakavahenkinen”, step by step
vakavahenkinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vakava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vakava | serious; grave, sombre, solemn |
| 2 | Finnish | -va | Forms the present active participle of a verb,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -pa | -ing; forms the present participle, which is... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -pa | — |
via Finnish henki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | henki | breath; spirit, ghost; life |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | henki | breath; soul, life force |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | čeŋke | — |