Where does “vakavoittaa” come from?

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

vakavoittaa (Finnish): to make serious or more serious

Definitions

  1. to make serious or more serious

Ancestry of “vakavoittaa”, step by step

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—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -pa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -pa →Every word from Finnish -va →