Where does “vikatiheys” come from?
vikatiheys (Finnish) comes from Finnish vika, from Finnish viimeinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
vikatiheys (Finnish): failure rate
Ancestry of “vikatiheys”, step by step
vikatiheys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vika | flaw, malfunction, failure, problem; fault; stain... |
| 2 | Finnish | viimeinen | last, final; nth last; dying |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish tiheys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tiheys | density; frequency; rate |
| 2 | Finnish | tiheä | dense, thick |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tihedä | dense, thick |