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Where does “vaiva” come from?

vaiva (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Germanic waiwô, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

vaiva (Ingrian): suffering

Definitions

  1. suffering

Ancestry of “vaiva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwaiwôwoe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!
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