Where does “vakavuus” come from?
vakavuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vakava, from Finnish -va, from Proto-Finnic -pa, from Proto-Uralic -pa.
vakavuus (Finnish): severity; seriousness; graveness, gravity
Definitions
- severity; seriousness; graveness, gravity
Ancestry of “vakavuus”, step by step
vakavuus 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 uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |