Where does “reunaväki” come from?

reunaväki (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.

reunaväki (Ingrian): people sitting at the wedding table

Definitions

  1. people sitting at the wedding table

Ancestry of “reunaväki”, step by step

reunaväki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian väki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianväkipeople
2Icelandicvakihormone
3Arabicوَاقِعhappening, occurring; falling
4Arabicالنَّسْر الوَاقِعfalling eagle

via Ingrian reuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianreunaedge, brink
Every word from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع →Every word from Arabic وَاقِع →Every word from Icelandic vaki →