Where does “vaivakas” come from?

vaivakas (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian -kas, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

vaivakas (Ingrian): painful

Definitions

  1. painful

Ancestry of “vaivakas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrian-kasForms adjectives describing an abundancy of a noun; -ful
2Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
3Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
4Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Ingrian -kas →Every word from Proto-Finnic -s →
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