Where does “vatsavaiva” come from?

vatsavaiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaiva, from Proto-Finnic vaiva, from Proto-Germanic waiwô, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

vatsavaiva (Finnish): upset

Definitions

  1. upset

Ancestry of “vatsavaiva”, step by step

vatsavaiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaivabother, inconvenience; ailment
2Proto-Finnicvaivabother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment
3Proto-Germanicwaiwôwoe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

via Finnish vatsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatsastomach
2Proto-Finnicvaccastomach

Words derived from “vatsavaiva”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Germanic waiwô →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaiva →