Where does “yksivaimoisuus” come from?

yksivaimoisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish yksivaimoinen, from Finnish vaimo, from Proto-Finnic vaimo, from Proto-Uralic wajŋe — breath.

yksivaimoisuus (Finnish): monogamy

Definitions

  1. monogamy

Ancestry of “yksivaimoisuus”, step by step

yksivaimoisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yksivaimoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksivaimoinenmonogamous
2Finnishvaimowife; woman, especially an elderly one
3Proto-Finnicvaimospirit, soul
4Proto-Uralicwajŋebreath

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Uralic wajŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaimo →Every word from Finnish vaimo →