Where does “viikinkihauta” come from?

viikinkihauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish viikinki, from Swedish Viking, from Old Norse víkingr, from Proto-Germanic wīkingaz.

viikinkihauta (Finnish): Viking grave

Definitions

  1. Viking grave

Ancestry of “viikinkihauta”, step by step

viikinkihauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viikinki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishviikinkiViking
2SwedishVikinga Viking
3Old NorsevíkingrViking
4Proto-Germanicwīkingaz—

via Finnish hauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhautagrave, tomb; trench; kiln, in the compound term...
2Proto-Germanicsauþazboiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂sewt-to roil; to move about, roil, seethe
Every word from Proto-Germanic wīkingaz →Every word from Old Norse víkingr →Every word from Swedish Viking →
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