Where does “vakavakasvoinen” come from?
vakavakasvoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvo, from Veps kazda, from Proto-Finnic kasvadak, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks-.
Ancestry of “vakavakasvoinen”, step by step
vakavakasvoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kasvo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kasvo | face; face, figure |
| 2 | Veps | kazda | to grow; to grow up; to increase |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kasvadak | to grow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewks- | — |
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 | — |