Where does “vakavasävyinen” come from?

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

vakavasävyinen (Finnish): grave, profound, serious

Definitions

  1. grave, profound, serious

Ancestry of “vakavasävyinen”, step by step

vakavasävyinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vakava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvakavaserious; grave, sombre, solemn
2Finnish-vaForms the present active participle of a verb,...
3Proto-Finnic-pa-ing; forms the present participle, which is...
4Proto-Uralic-pa—

via Finnish sävy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsävyhue; tone
2Finnishsäveltone; melody, tune; note
Every word from Proto-Uralic -pa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -pa →Every word from Finnish -va →