Where does “valapatto” come from?

valapatto (Finnish) comes from Finnish vala, from Proto-Finnic vala, from Proto-Uralic wala — song?; word?.

valapatto (Finnish): perjurer, oathbreaker

Definitions

  1. perjurer, oathbreaker

Ancestry of “valapatto”, step by step

valapatto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalaoath; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicvalaoath
3Proto-Uralicwalasong?; word?

via Finnish patto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpattocrime

Words derived from “valapatto

Every word from Proto-Uralic walaEvery word from Proto-Finnic valaEvery word from Finnish vala