Where does “vika” come from?
vika (Finnish) comes from Finnish viimeinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
vika (Finnish): flaw, malfunction, failure, problem; fault; stain...
Definitions
- flaw, malfunction, failure, problem; fault; stain...
Ancestry of “vika”, step by step
vika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viimeinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viimeinen | last, final; nth last; dying |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Proto-Finno-Ugric *vika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *vika | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | swiką | deceit; deception; trickery |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sweyg- | to turn, move around, wander, swing; to bend,... |
Words derived from “vika”