Where does “verivala” come from?

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

verivala (Finnish): blood oath

Definitions

  1. blood oath

Ancestry of “verivala”, step by step

verivala 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 veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood
Every word from Proto-Uralic wala →Every word from Proto-Finnic vala →Every word from Finnish vala →