Where does “vauvakeinu” come from?

vauvakeinu (Finnish) comes from Finnish keinu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

vauvakeinu (Finnish): baby swing, baby swing seat

Definitions

  1. baby swing, baby swing seat

Ancestry of “vauvakeinu”, step by step

vauvakeinu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keinu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkeinuA swing
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish vauva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauvababy; a baby animal
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish keinu →