Where does “vaiva” come from?

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

vaiva (Proto-Finnic): bother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment

Definitions

  1. bother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment

Ancestry of “vaiva”, step by step

vaiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic waiwô

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

via Proto-Germanic waiwō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwaiwōwoe, grief, misery

Words derived from “vaiva”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Germanic waiwô →