Where does “valvojaiset” come from?

valvojaiset (Finnish) comes from Finnish valvoa, from Finnish -oa, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

valvojaiset (Finnish): vigil, event in which people stay awake; Short...

Definitions

  1. vigil, event in which people stay awake; Short...

Ancestry of “valvojaiset”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalvoato stay up, stay awake; to oversee, supervise,...
2Finnish-oaForms frequentative verbs, primarily from nouns...
3Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w-

Words derived from “valvojaiset

Every word from Proto-Uralic -w-Every word from Finnish -oaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -odak